Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 106 · 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 “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) friend (c) animal
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) international (b) elephant (c) friend
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) people (b) wonderful (c) child
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) rabbit (c) cloud
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) cloud (c) geography
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) tomato (c) cricket
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) computer (b) refrigerator (c) avocado
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) important (c) square
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) pencil (c) potato
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) happy (c) photography
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) water (b) animal (c) activity
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) grandmother (c) asked
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) electricity (c) plant
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) strength (b) picture (c) possibility
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) curiosity (c) wonderful
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2

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