Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 346 · 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) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) sister (b) school (c) important
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) tomato (c) garden
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) teacher (c) personality
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) electricity (c) table
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) banana (b) vocabulary (c) cricket
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) watermelon (c) butterfly
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) celebration (c) doctor
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) biology (b) international (c) help
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) hospital (c) imagination
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) conversation (c) child
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

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