Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 455 · 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 “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) film (c) banana
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) little (c) cloud
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) school (c) opportunity
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) strength (b) information (c) vocabulary
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) activity (b) refrigerator (c) monkey
17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) opportunity (c) teacher
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) child (c) yellow
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) conversation (b) hospital (c) curiosity
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) paper (c) computer
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) calculator (c) friend
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) alligator (c) earth
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1

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