Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 450 · 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 “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) banana (c) information
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) tomato (c) child
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) yesterday (c) picture
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) vocabulary (c) help
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) elephant (b) television (c) electricity
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) little (b) calculator (c) kangaroo
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) picture (c) kangaroo
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) picture (b) helicopter (c) friend
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) holiday (c) pencil
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) help (c) animal
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) umbrella (c) happy
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) happy (b) caterpillar (c) holiday
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3

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