Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 585 · 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 “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) possibility (c) caterpillar
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) sister (c) imagination
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) friend (b) doctor (c) potato
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) opportunity (c) important
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) refrigerator (c) helicopter
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) earth (b) examination (c) river
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) banana (b) information (c) film
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) helicopter (c) school
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) bright (c) calculator
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) square (c) tomato
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) film (c) table

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