Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 57 · 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 “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) university (c) teacher
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) pencil (c) asked
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) university (c) little
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) geography (b) plant (c) teacher
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) helicopter (c) imagination
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) biology (c) mango
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) teacher (c) university
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) shirt (b) people (c) animal
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) happy (c) imagination
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) potato (c) alligator
37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) shirt (b) avocado (c) doctor
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

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