Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 158 · 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.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) sister (b) possibility (c) square
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) shirt (b) answer (c) university
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) world (c) activity
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) strength (b) alligator (c) yellow
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) happy (c) helicopter
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) shirt (c) answer
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) people (b) watermelon (c) asked
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) doctor (c) film
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) garden (c) animal
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) tomato (c) bright
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) photography (c) electricity
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) kangaroo (c) picture
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) asked (b) animal (c) doctor
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) potato (c) child
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) paper (c) helicopter
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1

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