Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 554 · 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 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) earth (c) paper
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) understanding (c) happy
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) bright (b) refrigerator (c) butterfly
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) little (c) possibility
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) water (c) computer
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) elephant (c) girl
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) television (c) bright
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) doctor (b) asked (c) understanding
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) celebration (c) people
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) opportunity (c) asked
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) banana (c) curiosity
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) earth (b) cricket (c) hippopotamus
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) elephant (c) electricity

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