Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 586 · 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 “possibility”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) answer (b) yesterday (c) helicopter
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) square (c) together
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) monkey (b) beautiful (c) bright
16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) television (b) elephant (c) film
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) film (c) examination
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) earth (c) personality
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) mango (b) conversation (c) holiday
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) garden (c) watermelon
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yellow (b) examination (c) helicopter
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) international (c) mango
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) banana (b) happy (c) personality
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) personality (c) helicopter
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) pencil (b) refrigerator (c) elephant
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5

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