Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 422 · 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 “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) answer (c) film
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) kangaroo (c) calculator
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) garden (c) tomato
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) important (c) garden
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) strength (b) imagination (c) telephone
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) geography (c) beautiful
15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) mango (c) dinosaur
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) information (b) animal (c) strength
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) earth (c) picture
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) teacher (c) examination
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) table (c) potato
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) school (b) answer (c) computer
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) helicopter (c) holiday
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) river (c) cloud
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4

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