Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 254 · 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 “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) refrigerator (c) potato
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) helicopter (b) girl (c) answer
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) yellow (c) friend
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) telephone (c) stretch
19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) banana (c) friend
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) umbrella (c) stretch
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) friend (b) newspaper (c) personality
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) world (c) river
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) bright (b) biology (c) water
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) telephone (c) answer

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