Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 135 · 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 “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) opportunity (c) teacher
4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) doctor (b) child (c) computer
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) child (c) examination
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) hospital (c) strength
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) university (c) film
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) stretch (c) celebration
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) girl (c) celebration
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) imagination (c) paper
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) hippopotamus (c) helicopter
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) doctor (c) animal
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) television (b) girl (c) umbrella
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) picture (c) geography
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) telephone (c) vocabulary
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) alligator (c) hospital
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) biology (c) square
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1

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