Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 462 · 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 “help”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) potato (c) personality
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) together (c) mango
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) paper (c) imagination
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) little (c) help
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) alligator (b) beautiful (c) picture
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) telephone (b) bright (c) understanding
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) world (c) opportunity
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) happy (c) elephant
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) electricity (b) friend (c) geography
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) helicopter (c) stretch
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) alligator (c) wonderful
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1

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