Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 563 · 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 “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) tomato (b) personality (c) picture
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) girl (b) opportunity (c) geography
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) newspaper (c) girl
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) cloud (c) little
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) avocado (b) mango (c) stretch
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) cloud (c) information
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) asked (c) international
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) imagination (c) child
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) celebration (c) friend
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) square (c) examination
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) understanding (c) picture
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) river (c) together
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1

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