Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 374 · 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) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) little (c) girl
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) geography (b) girl (c) water
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) holiday (c) hippopotamus
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) earth (b) conversation (c) banana
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) mango (b) biology (c) asked
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) girl (b) potato (c) yellow
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) calculator (b) telephone (c) window
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) picture (b) avocado (c) cloud
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) bright (b) yesterday (c) electricity
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) elephant (c) answer
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) dinosaur (c) doctor
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) strength (b) vocabulary (c) important
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) important (b) curiosity (c) invitation
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) personality (c) jumped
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) cloud (c) caterpillar

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