Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 383 · 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 “bright”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) refrigerator (c) avocado
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) refrigerator (c) girl
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) umbrella (c) refrigerator
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) happy (b) helicopter (c) international
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) sister (b) telephone (c) school
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) television (c) tomato
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) garden (b) imagination (c) newspaper
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) world (c) pencil
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5

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