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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 838 · 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 “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yellow (b) bright (c) hospital
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) hippopotamus (c) potato
  22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) girl (c) telephone
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) people (c) hippopotamus
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) jumped (b) potato (c) calculator
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) possibility (c) cloud
  37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) avocado (b) kangaroo (c) sister
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 3
  3. 1
  4. 5
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 1
  8. 1
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. 1
  17. yellow
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. garden
  22. telephone
  23. 4
  24. 3
  25. 1
  26. newspaper
  27. 3
  28. 1
  29. potato
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 1
  34. 3
  35. 3
  36. cloud
  37. kangaroo
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. 3

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