Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 305 · 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 “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) curiosity (c) people
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) important (b) asked (c) celebration
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) sister (c) conversation
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) caterpillar (b) kangaroo (c) cloud
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) picture (c) strength
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) garden (c) vocabulary
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) telephone (b) possibility (c) jumped
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) sister (b) cloud (c) butterfly
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) strength (b) table (c) beautiful
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) grandmother (c) international
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) paper (b) cloud (c) vocabulary
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) sister (b) newspaper (c) friend
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) grandmother (c) child
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3

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