Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 34 · 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 1 syllable? (a) river (b) child (c) butterfly
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) umbrella (c) stretch
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) cloud (c) imagination
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) bright (b) imagination (c) river
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) doctor (b) important (c) curiosity
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) dinosaur (c) window
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) teacher (c) conversation
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) garden (c) together
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) world (c) tomato
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) potato (c) cloud
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) activity (b) animal (c) bright

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