Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 122 · 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 “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) potato (c) help
3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) river (c) elephant
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yesterday (b) rabbit (c) strength
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) animal (b) refrigerator (c) activity
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) strength (b) tomato (c) sister
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) banana (c) paper
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) holiday (c) rabbit
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) teacher (c) opportunity
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) personality (c) bright
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) international (c) happy
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

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