Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 491 · 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 “world”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) monkey (b) bright (c) imagination
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) curiosity (c) friend
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) possibility (c) friend
16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) jumped (c) together
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) kangaroo (c) mango
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) window (c) avocado
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) mango (c) geography
26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) examination (c) biology
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) animal (c) sister
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) school (c) international
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) monkey (c) information
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3

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