Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 231 · 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 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) doctor (c) helicopter
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) possibility (b) celebration (c) stretch
3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) stretch (b) university (c) tomato
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) newspaper (c) personality
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) photography
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) telephone (c) little
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) answer (b) tomato (c) biology
14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) world (b) together (c) imagination
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) rabbit (c) world
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) paper (c) helicopter
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yellow (b) friend (c) hippopotamus
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) computer (b) yellow (c) possibility
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

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