Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 451 · 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 “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) paper (c) university
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) together (b) examination (c) girl
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) girl (b) cricket (c) examination
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) hospital (c) geography
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) stretch (c) imagination
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) calculator (c) dinosaur
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) mango (c) university
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) jumped (c) possibility
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) cricket (c) world
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) telephone (c) electricity
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) cricket (c) understanding
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) window (c) examination

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