Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 530 · 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 3 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) dinosaur (c) opportunity
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) people (c) electricity
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) help (c) information
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) help (b) important (c) invitation
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) earth (c) imagination
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) possibility (b) invitation (c) school
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) telephone (b) mango (c) curiosity
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) information (c) together
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) rabbit (c) help
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) invitation (c) banana
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) shirt (c) vocabulary
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) geography (b) refrigerator (c) help
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) earth (b) water (c) understanding

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