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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 892 · 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 “river”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) answer (b) helicopter (c) telephone
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) activity (c) rabbit
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) girl (c) electricity
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) rabbit (c) helicopter
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) tomato (b) river (c) friend
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) information (c) university
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) photography (c) kangaroo
  37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) paper (b) information (c) curiosity
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) answer (c) conversation

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 4
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. telephone
  7. 3
  8. 2
  9. 3
  10. 2
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 5
  14. 3
  15. 2
  16. 4
  17. 1
  18. plant
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. girl
  22. 4
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. rabbit
  26. 2
  27. 3
  28. 3
  29. 3
  30. friend
  31. 3
  32. 5
  33. 3
  34. university
  35. 3
  36. jumped
  37. curiosity
  38. 2
  39. 5
  40. answer

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