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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 862 · 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 “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) understanding (b) together (c) university
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) pencil (c) potato
  5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) banana (c) plant
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) opportunity (c) yellow
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) people (c) square
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) umbrella (b) asked (c) possibility
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) important (b) pencil (c) understanding
  31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) girl (c) imagination
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) telephone (b) possibility (c) television
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) girl (b) answer (c) important
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) window (b) butterfly (c) alligator
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. university
  3. 1
  4. pencil
  5. banana
  6. 4
  7. 1
  8. 3
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. 4
  13. 2
  14. 3
  15. 3
  16. 2
  17. yellow
  18. 5
  19. 4
  20. photography
  21. 3
  22. asked
  23. 5
  24. 2
  25. 1
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. 3
  30. understanding
  31. girl
  32. 3
  33. 1
  34. possibility
  35. 3
  36. important
  37. 3
  38. 4
  39. alligator
  40. 1

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