Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 558 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) electricity (c) butterfly
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) important (b) geography (c) curiosity
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) picture (c) bright
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) jumped (c) answer
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) help (c) alligator
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) imagination (c) avocado
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) imagination (b) cloud (c) window
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) photography (c) help
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hospital (b) celebration (c) curiosity
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) water (c) tomato

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