Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 31 · 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.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) river (c) jumped
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) cricket (c) personality
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) alligator (c) yesterday
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) plant (c) garden
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) geography (b) hospital (c) doctor
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) beautiful (c) yellow
20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) potato (c) watermelon
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) calculator (c) kangaroo
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3

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