Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 273 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) activity (c) hippopotamus
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) international (b) helicopter (c) window
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) banana (c) pencil
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) examination (c) holiday
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) newspaper (c) plant
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) information (c) school
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) people (c) curiosity
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) international (c) little
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) water (c) animal
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) garden (b) opportunity (c) potato
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2

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