Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 344 · 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 “water”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) pencil (b) invitation (c) strength
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) hippopotamus (c) elephant
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) kangaroo (c) caterpillar
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) vocabulary (c) kangaroo
24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) cloud (c) international
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) strength (c) hospital
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) stretch (c) picture
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) vocabulary (c) happy
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) bright (c) banana
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) holiday (c) stretch
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4

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