Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 391 · 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.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) conversation (c) teacher
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) computer (c) film
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) newspaper (c) photography
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) window (b) information (c) wonderful
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) biology (c) yesterday
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) important (c) square
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) table (b) square (c) together
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) pencil (c) friend
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) university (c) pencil

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