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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 841 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) together (b) watermelon (c) answer
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) square (c) understanding
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) beautiful (c) window
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) help (c) people
  33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) mango (c) international
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) world (c) window
  40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) wonderful (c) jumped

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. answer
  3. 5
  4. holiday
  5. 1
  6. 4
  7. 1
  8. 4
  9. 3
  10. 1
  11. 3
  12. 5
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. 1
  16. 4
  17. 5
  18. friend
  19. 4
  20. 4
  21. 1
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. 5
  25. 2
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. 4
  31. 4
  32. vocabulary
  33. international
  34. 5
  35. 2
  36. 4
  37. 3
  38. 3
  39. window
  40. photography

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