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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 856 · 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 “photography”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) jumped (c) yellow
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) square (c) television
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) biology (c) stretch
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) examination (c) monkey
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) personality (c) umbrella
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5

Answer key

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

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