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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 879 · 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 “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) banana (c) cricket
  8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) caterpillar (c) international
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) watermelon (b) earth (c) river
  27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) river (b) geography (c) strength
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) plant (c) vocabulary
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) answer (b) hippopotamus (c) geography
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) information (c) teacher
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 1
  3. 4
  4. 3
  5. 1
  6. 3
  7. cricket
  8. garden
  9. 1
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 2
  13. 1
  14. 5
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. 1
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. 4
  22. 1
  23. 1
  24. 1
  25. 3
  26. earth
  27. geography
  28. 3
  29. 2
  30. plant
  31. 5
  32. 4
  33. answer
  34. 5
  35. teacher
  36. 1
  37. 2
  38. 4
  39. 3
  40. 4

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