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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 811 · 40 questions
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How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

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  1. 1.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) together (c) plant
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) banana (c) friend
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) earth (c) computer
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) little (b) calculator (c) hippopotamus
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) happy (b) photography (c) jumped
  13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) personality (c) yellow
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) holiday (c) avocado
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) world (c) answer
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) grandmother (c) shirt
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) opportunity (c) garden
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) table (b) shirt (c) potato
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) geography (b) vocabulary (c) plant
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. plant
  2. 5
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. paper
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. earth
  9. 2
  10. 4
  11. little
  12. photography
  13. elephant
  14. 2
  15. 2
  16. avocado
  17. 3
  18. imagination
  19. 2
  20. possibility
  21. 1
  22. 3
  23. 3
  24. 5
  25. 2
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. beautiful
  29. 1
  30. 4
  31. 3
  32. 2
  33. table
  34. 2
  35. 3
  36. 4
  37. 2
  38. vocabulary
  39. 3
  40. 2

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