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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 931 · 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 “important”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) jumped (c) examination
  4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) world (c) window
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) people (c) dinosaur
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) telephone (b) university (c) people
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) pencil (b) curiosity (c) newspaper
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) school (c) television
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) beautiful (c) people
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) friend (b) possibility (c) paper
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2

Answer key

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

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