Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 552 · 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 4 syllables? (a) little (b) curiosity (c) biology
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) helicopter (c) international
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) garden (c) information
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) asked (c) newspaper
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) window (c) refrigerator
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) help (c) yesterday
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) computer (b) friend (c) activity
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) university (c) invitation
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) avocado (c) opportunity
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4

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