Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 481 · 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.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cricket (b) elephant (c) square
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) university (c) monkey
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) vocabulary (c) mango
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) information (c) newspaper
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) opportunity (c) table
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) world (c) together
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) university (c) umbrella
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) university (c) holiday
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) celebration (b) window (c) bright
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

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