Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 175 · 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) school (b) hippopotamus (c) happy
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) tomato (b) cricket (c) refrigerator
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) invitation (b) personality (c) answer
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) plant (c) animal
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) answer (c) film
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) happy (b) vocabulary (c) helicopter
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) mango (c) imagination
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) film (c) kangaroo
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) river (b) jumped (c) geography
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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