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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 934 · 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 “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) stretch (c) helicopter
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) helicopter (c) mango
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) university (c) yesterday
  13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) elephant (c) geography
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) possibility (c) together
  17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) animal (c) university
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) photography (b) answer (c) help
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) jumped (b) picture (c) hospital
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) imagination (c) earth
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) watermelon (c) tomato
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 4
  3. stretch
  4. 2
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. 4
  8. 2
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. mango
  12. helicopter
  13. elephant
  14. 4
  15. 4
  16. possibility
  17. animal
  18. 3
  19. help
  20. 3
  21. hospital
  22. 2
  23. 2
  24. 4
  25. 3
  26. 3
  27. 2
  28. 5
  29. 5
  30. imagination
  31. 2
  32. 2
  33. 3
  34. 2
  35. 1
  36. 1
  37. friend
  38. 5
  39. 2
  40. 2

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