Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 424 · 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 4 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) window (c) calculator
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) personality (c) newspaper
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) pencil (c) jumped
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) paper (c) celebration
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) table (c) jumped
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) yellow (c) wonderful
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) refrigerator (c) animal
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) asked (c) examination
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) people (c) cloud
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) world (c) umbrella
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cricket (b) television (c) hippopotamus
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) paper (c) asked
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) newspaper (c) understanding
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) shirt (c) vocabulary
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) earth (b) electricity (c) computer
40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) river (c) conversation

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