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Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 975 · 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 “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
  2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
  7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) electricity (c) happy
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
  11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
  19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) understanding (c) wonderful
  20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) possibility (c) invitation
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) stretch (c) potato
  25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) watermelon (c) yellow
  28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
  31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
  36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
  37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) grandmother (c) bright
  39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
  40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) earth (c) pencil

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. 5
  8. electricity
  9. 3
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. 5
  15. 2
  16. 2
  17. 2
  18. 5
  19. school
  20. child
  21. 2
  22. 5
  23. 5
  24. stretch
  25. 4
  26. 1
  27. yellow
  28. 4
  29. 2
  30. 3
  31. 2
  32. 5
  33. 3
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. 3
  37. 2
  38. bright
  39. 1
  40. earth

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