Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 235 · 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 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) teacher (c) jumped
2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) telephone (b) refrigerator (c) celebration
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) elephant (b) stretch (c) refrigerator
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) possibility (b) avocado (c) plant
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) cloud (c) butterfly
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) examination (c) elephant
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) beautiful (c) invitation
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) yellow (c) electricity
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) kangaroo (c) imagination
26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) picture (c) opportunity
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) friend (c) vocabulary
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) happy (c) earth

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