Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 476 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) picture (b) plant (c) tomato
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) biology (b) picture (c) girl
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) monkey (b) university (c) caterpillar
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) people (c) girl
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) understanding (c) happy
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) pencil (c) television
35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) picture (b) information (c) friend
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) possibility (c) potato
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) people (c) yesterday
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) film (c) information

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