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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 886 · 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) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) vocabulary (c) water
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) understanding (b) cloud (c) people
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) shirt (b) yesterday (c) conversation
  23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) happy (c) together
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) child (c) pencil
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) asked (c) television
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
  33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) geography (b) shirt (c) picture
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) beautiful (c) asked
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) calculator (c) square
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) caterpillar (c) world

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. water
  3. 3
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 3
  7. 2
  8. 2
  9. people
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. 2
  14. 4
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. 5
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. 3
  21. 4
  22. conversation
  23. biology
  24. child
  25. 5
  26. cricket
  27. 2
  28. 3
  29. 3
  30. 1
  31. 1
  32. 2
  33. shirt
  34. 5
  35. 1
  36. window
  37. 1
  38. potato
  39. 3
  40. teacher

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