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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 970 · 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 “world”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) alligator (b) possibility (c) river
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
  13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) caterpillar (b) water (c) jumped
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) film (c) imagination
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
  20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) school (c) imagination
  24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) monkey (c) electricity
  26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) helicopter (c) stretch
  27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
  29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) animal (b) possibility (c) television
  30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
  33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) doctor (b) wonderful (c) girl
  38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 4
  3. 2
  4. 2
  5. 5
  6. 1
  7. river
  8. 2
  9. 4
  10. 4
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. jumped
  14. 1
  15. newspaper
  16. 4
  17. 2
  18. 2
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. 5
  22. 3
  23. invitation
  24. 1
  25. umbrella
  26. helicopter
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. television
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. 2
  33. 1
  34. 5
  35. 5
  36. 4
  37. wonderful
  38. 3
  39. 3
  40. 4

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