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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 872 · 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 “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) together (c) conversation
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) strength (c) river
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) sister (b) computer (c) imagination
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) garden (c) dinosaur
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) sister (c) bright
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) alligator (c) stretch
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) plant (c) calculator
  35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) important (b) teacher (c) world
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 4
  7. 3
  8. girl
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. 1
  14. 4
  15. international
  16. 5
  17. 5
  18. 4
  19. 2
  20. imagination
  21. 3
  22. 5
  23. 4
  24. 2
  25. garden
  26. 1
  27. 5
  28. sister
  29. 1
  30. grandmother
  31. 4
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. plant
  35. important
  36. 1
  37. 3
  38. 4
  39. 1
  40. 3

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