Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 221 · 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 “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) vocabulary (c) happy
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yellow (b) potato (c) international
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) geography (c) university
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) celebration (c) electricity
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) understanding (b) river (c) imagination
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) telephone (b) possibility (c) help
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) hippopotamus (c) alligator
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) butterfly (c) avocado
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) shirt (b) mango (c) telephone
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) cricket (c) square
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) elephant (b) opportunity (c) child
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5

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