Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 133 · 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 “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) teacher (c) understanding
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) strength (c) animal
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) jumped (c) mango
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) table (c) dinosaur
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) girl (c) opportunity
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) possibility (b) stretch (c) garden
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) alligator (b) banana (c) imagination
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) world (b) information (c) possibility
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) jumped (c) picture
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) vocabulary (c) pencil
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) banana (c) stretch
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) asked (c) calculator
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) teacher (c) understanding
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) table (b) holiday (c) international
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) electricity (c) tomato
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3

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