Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 204 · 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 “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) hospital (c) curiosity
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) help (c) pencil
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) grandmother (c) asked
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) refrigerator (c) window
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) geography (c) butterfly
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) cloud (c) elephant
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) table (c) elephant
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) personality (c) film
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) electricity (c) window
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

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