Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 485 · 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 “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) cricket (c) refrigerator
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) imagination (c) important
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) earth (b) imagination (c) yellow
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) asked (c) conversation
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) strength (b) umbrella (c) geography
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) invitation
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) animal (c) table
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) picture (c) world
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) television (c) water
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2

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