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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 97 · 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 “help”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
  3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) university (c) water
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) vocabulary (c) holiday
  6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
  10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) film (c) information
  12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) stretch (b) little (c) avocado
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) geography (c) electricity
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) together (b) conversation (c) river
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) telephone (b) imagination (c) invitation
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) hippopotamus (c) garden
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) school (b) avocado (c) important
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 1
  3. university
  4. 4
  5. happy
  6. 4
  7. 2
  8. 1
  9. 5
  10. 5
  11. information
  12. avocado
  13. 2
  14. world
  15. 3
  16. 4
  17. together
  18. 3
  19. 3
  20. 1
  21. 3
  22. invitation
  23. 2
  24. 2
  25. 3
  26. 2
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. 2
  30. garden
  31. 3
  32. 1
  33. 5
  34. important
  35. 4
  36. 5
  37. 5
  38. 1
  39. 3
  40. 5

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