Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 387 · 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 “important”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) kangaroo (c) calculator
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) examination (c) monkey
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) plant (b) helicopter (c) beautiful
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) bright (c) television
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) important (b) people (c) geography
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) film (c) information
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) banana (b) little (c) activity
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) pencil (b) stretch (c) helicopter
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) jumped (b) calculator (c) teacher
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) little (c) cloud
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) plant (c) possibility
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

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