Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 494 · 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 “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) electricity (c) plant
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) friend (c) photography
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) cricket (c) personality
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) activity (c) hospital
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) information (c) hippopotamus
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) plant (b) television (c) mango
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) potato (b) yellow (c) film
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) opportunity (c) helicopter
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) information (c) kangaroo
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) telephone (b) pencil (c) school
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) television (b) people (c) university

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