Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 309 · 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 “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) film (c) conversation
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) girl (b) dinosaur (c) vocabulary
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) friend (c) geography
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) kangaroo (c) earth
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) doctor (b) strength (c) calculator
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) international (c) calculator
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) telephone (c) geography
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) biology (b) yellow (c) umbrella
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) friend (c) understanding

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