Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 459 · 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 “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) geography (c) beautiful
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) examination (c) photography
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) banana (c) friend
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) earth (b) television (c) beautiful
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) activity (b) strength (c) important
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) film (c) telephone
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) cricket (c) girl
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) elephant (c) school
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) monkey (c) university
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) possibility (c) helicopter
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) square (b) grandmother (c) picture
35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) geography (c) friend
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) imagination (b) avocado (c) yesterday
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) river (c) examination
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) stretch (c) geography

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