Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 369 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) girl (b) personality (c) understanding
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) shirt (b) television (c) potato
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) important (c) geography
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) banana (b) international (c) watermelon
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) sister (c) helicopter
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) strength (c) holiday
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) refrigerator (c) wonderful
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) celebration (b) picture (c) grandmother
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) information (c) happy
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) school (c) grandmother
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) curiosity (c) river
32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) calculator (c) school
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) banana (b) pencil (c) activity
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) geography (c) mango
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) umbrella (c) school
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) jumped (c) imagination
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) happy (c) potato

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