Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 342 · 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 “important”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) hospital (c) vocabulary
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) computer (b) help (c) imagination
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) answer (b) jumped (c) watermelon
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) butterfly (c) invitation
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) computer (c) university
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) garden (b) yesterday (c) vocabulary
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) rabbit (b) animal (c) shirt
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) asked (c) people
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) world (c) sister
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) potato (b) personality (c) calculator
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) conversation (c) important
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3

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