Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 447 · 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 “help”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) school (c) happy
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) curiosity (c) potato
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) answer (b) personality (c) information
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) table (c) invitation
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) world (b) curiosity (c) cricket
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) jumped (c) answer
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) shirt (c) alligator
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) teacher (c) personality
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) together (c) water
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) help (b) helicopter (c) people
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) stretch (b) grandmother (c) window
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) wonderful (c) refrigerator
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) university (c) pencil
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

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