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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 92 · 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 “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) happy (c) possibility
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) butterfly (c) curiosity
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) computer (c) personality
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) dinosaur (c) yellow
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) information (c) people

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. possibility
  3. 1
  4. 4
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 1
  8. 2
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 4
  12. 2
  13. 4
  14. 3
  15. 5
  16. 2
  17. 2
  18. 5
  19. 1
  20. 2
  21. curiosity
  22. 4
  23. 5
  24. 3
  25. 3
  26. 1
  27. personality
  28. child
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. 4
  34. 5
  35. 2
  36. 4
  37. 4
  38. 5
  39. 3
  40. people

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