Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 211 · 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 “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) river (c) celebration
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) invitation (c) world
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) cloud (c) banana
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) calculator (c) shirt
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) world (c) rabbit
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) jumped (b) understanding (c) happy
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) mango (b) elephant (c) girl
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) help (c) teacher
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) calculator (c) paper
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1

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