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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 817 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) refrigerator (c) wonderful
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) examination (b) understanding (c) friend
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) table (c) international
  13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) telephone (b) shirt (c) imagination
  14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) refrigerator (c) mango
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) electricity (c) yesterday
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) electricity (c) potato
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) cricket (c) examination
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) pencil (b) personality (c) jumped
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 2
  3. 2
  4. refrigerator
  5. 2
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 4
  9. understanding
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. table
  13. shirt
  14. conversation
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. 5
  18. 1
  19. 3
  20. 1
  21. yesterday
  22. 3
  23. 1
  24. film
  25. 3
  26. 4
  27. 2
  28. 4
  29. 2
  30. cricket
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. jumped
  34. 2
  35. 2
  36. 1
  37. 1
  38. 2
  39. 5
  40. 3

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