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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 948 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) photography (b) shirt (c) important
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) television (c) cloud
  13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) picture (b) celebration (c) jumped
  18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) paper (b) imagination (c) film
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) imagination (c) dinosaur
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) watermelon (c) holiday
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) table (b) geography (c) possibility
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) rabbit (c) computer
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. important
  4. 1
  5. 4
  6. 5
  7. 5
  8. 3
  9. 5
  10. 1
  11. 5
  12. cloud
  13. 1
  14. 3
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. celebration
  18. 1
  19. imagination
  20. 3
  21. 1
  22. child
  23. 3
  24. 4
  25. 3
  26. paper
  27. 3
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. 3
  31. 2
  32. geography
  33. 1
  34. rabbit
  35. 5
  36. 4
  37. 1
  38. 3
  39. 2
  40. 2

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