Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 198 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) jumped (c) newspaper
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) biology (c) answer
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) newspaper (c) cloud
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) strength (b) activity (c) potato
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) beautiful (b) curiosity (c) shirt
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) activity (c) yesterday
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) kangaroo (b) child (c) helicopter
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) water (b) cloud (c) kangaroo
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) doctor (c) help
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

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