Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 496 · 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 1 syllable? (a) holiday (b) bright (c) electricity
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) pencil (c) curiosity
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) activity (c) shirt
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) school (b) television (c) people
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) garden (b) animal (c) imagination
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) elephant (c) teacher
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) shirt (c) telephone
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) geography (b) window (c) banana
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) understanding (c) tomato
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) earth (c) biology
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

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