Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 452 · 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 “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) friend (b) yellow (c) possibility
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) people (c) umbrella
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) sister (c) umbrella
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) understanding (b) hospital (c) garden
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) girl (b) possibility (c) table
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) computer (b) invitation (c) yellow
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) asked (c) little
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) dinosaur (b) university (c) earth
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) strength (b) together (c) university
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) information (c) grandmother
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) alligator (c) film
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) understanding (c) banana
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) possibility (c) window
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) asked (b) teacher (c) computer
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) telephone (b) curiosity (c) television
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) potato (c) international
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

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