Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 519 · 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) wonderful (b) table (c) asked
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yellow (b) electricity (c) film
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) geography (b) vocabulary (c) stretch
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) information (c) important
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) vocabulary (c) newspaper
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) together (c) photography
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) banana (c) hippopotamus
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) activity (c) little
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2

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