Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 482 · 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 “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) strength (b) watermelon (c) electricity
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) conversation (c) newspaper
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) water (c) newspaper
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) strength (c) watermelon
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) biology (c) mango
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) doctor (b) helicopter (c) electricity
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) helicopter (c) yellow
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) strength (c) watermelon
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) world (c) butterfly
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) table (b) world (c) imagination
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) shirt (c) understanding
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2

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