← Counting syllables lesson New set →

Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 256 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
  3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
  5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) cricket (c) kangaroo
  6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
  7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
  8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
  9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
  12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cricket (b) personality (c) shirt
  16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
  17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
  18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
  19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) tomato (c) garden
  20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
  22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
  23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
  24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
  25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
  26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
  27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
  28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) jumped (b) opportunity (c) yellow
  29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
  30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) monkey (b) girl (c) vocabulary
  31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) square (c) grandmother
  32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
  33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) paper (b) examination (c) grandmother
  34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) newspaper (c) water
  35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
  36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) people (c) girl
  37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
  38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
  39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
  40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) girl (b) international (c) helicopter

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 4
  5. information
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 3
  9. 1
  10. 3
  11. 2
  12. 3
  13. 2
  14. 2
  15. personality
  16. 1
  17. 2
  18. 2
  19. garden
  20. 5
  21. 4
  22. 2
  23. 1
  24. 2
  25. 1
  26. 2
  27. 2
  28. opportunity
  29. 5
  30. vocabulary
  31. monkey
  32. 2
  33. examination
  34. newspaper
  35. 3
  36. girl
  37. 5
  38. 4
  39. 2
  40. helicopter

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation