Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 310 · 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 “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) jumped (c) elephant
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) strength (c) invitation
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) university (c) square
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) invitation (c) yellow
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) kangaroo (c) international
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) people (b) help (c) beautiful
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) biology (c) strength
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) hippopotamus (c) cloud
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) watermelon (b) girl (c) personality
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) strength (b) umbrella (c) university
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) happy (c) grandmother
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) monkey (b) understanding (c) strength
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) teacher (c) wonderful

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