Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 129 · 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 “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) strength (c) holiday
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) answer (c) information
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) people (c) invitation
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) window (c) school
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) rabbit (b) together (c) school
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) banana (c) conversation
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) sister (b) child (c) computer
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) information (c) mango
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) child (c) pencil
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) asked (c) university
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) cloud (c) pencil
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5

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