Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 318 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) help (c) electricity
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) child (b) umbrella (c) imagination
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) rabbit (c) grandmother
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) opportunity (c) cloud
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) strength (c) geography
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) strength (b) kangaroo (c) answer
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) stretch (c) yellow
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) geography (c) shirt
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) important (c) asked
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) information (c) teacher
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2

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