Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 470 · 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 “people”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) asked (c) river
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) vocabulary (c) understanding
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) square (c) university
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) square (b) paper (c) imagination
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) examination (c) television
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) square (b) imagination (c) together
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) avocado (b) imagination (c) butterfly
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) cloud (c) water
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) geography (c) friend
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) water (b) earth (c) newspaper
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) invitation (b) strength (c) potato
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5

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