Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 10 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) refrigerator (c) table
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) television (c) stretch
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) important (b) personality (c) school
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) butterfly (c) university
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) river (c) friend
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) plant (b) information (c) possibility
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) umbrella (c) electricity
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) garden (c) refrigerator
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) elephant (b) asked (c) information
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) computer (c) vocabulary

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