Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 324 · 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) doctor (b) child (c) university
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) paper (c) television
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) sister (b) curiosity (c) potato
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) strength (c) water
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) help (c) cricket
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) strength (c) calculator
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) square (c) refrigerator
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) possibility (c) film
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) tomato (c) friend
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) river (b) telephone (c) cloud
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yellow (b) strength (c) banana
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) garden (b) examination (c) tomato
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1

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