Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 332 · 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 3 syllables? (a) school (b) water (c) dinosaur
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) vocabulary (c) caterpillar
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) butterfly (c) water
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) helicopter (c) jumped
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) animal (c) asked
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) teacher (c) child
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) butterfly (c) friend
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) biology (c) rabbit
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) plant (c) picture
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) information (c) imagination
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) conversation (c) university
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) alligator (c) friend
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4

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