Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 439 · 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 “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) teacher (c) elephant
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) potato (c) people
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) international (c) biology
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) little (b) plant (c) newspaper
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) important (b) vocabulary (c) square
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) window (c) strength
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) vocabulary (c) monkey
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) understanding (b) people (c) possibility
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) strength (c) television
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) elephant (b) international (c) jumped
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) happy (c) international
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) strength (b) helicopter (c) personality
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4

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