Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 147 · 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 “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) television (c) garden
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) curiosity (c) hospital
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) dinosaur (c) sister
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) shirt (b) calculator (c) yesterday
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) window (b) stretch (c) invitation
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) invitation (b) strength (c) international
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) beautiful (c) window
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) university (c) computer
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) examination (c) rabbit
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) picture (c) holiday
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) vocabulary (c) earth
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

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