Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 372 · 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 “people”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) examination (c) table
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) biology (b) personality (c) elephant
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) doctor (c) animal
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) monkey (c) international
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) banana (c) plant
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) potato (c) possibility
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) celebration (c) refrigerator
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) little (c) together
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) answer (b) grandmother (c) university
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) imagination (c) rabbit
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) potato (c) mango
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) potato (c) picture
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) earth (b) television (c) international
40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) understanding (c) hospital

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