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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 923 · 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 “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) information (b) electricity (c) picture
  5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) rabbit (c) invitation
  6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) table (c) umbrella
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) watermelon (c) asked
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) banana (c) world
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) happy (b) refrigerator (c) world
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) computer (c) mango
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) paper (c) conversation
  32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) shirt (c) calculator
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) friend (c) yellow
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. electricity
  5. rabbit
  6. table
  7. 5
  8. 3
  9. 1
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. 2
  13. 3
  14. 2
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. 2
  18. 1
  19. 3
  20. asked
  21. 1
  22. world
  23. 3
  24. refrigerator
  25. 1
  26. 5
  27. 2
  28. 5
  29. computer
  30. 4
  31. animal
  32. university
  33. 4
  34. 1
  35. yellow
  36. 3
  37. 5
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. 2

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