Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 553 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) little (b) activity (c) cloud
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) window (b) helicopter (c) earth
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) personality (c) yesterday
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) biology (c) plant
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) yellow (c) personality
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) umbrella (c) film
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) stretch (b) happy (c) photography
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) pencil (c) earth
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) picture (c) understanding
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) biology (c) mango
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) international (c) square
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) hospital (c) watermelon
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

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