Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 587 · 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 “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) teacher (b) refrigerator (c) understanding
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) imagination (c) invitation
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) asked (c) yellow
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) vocabulary (c) telephone
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) strength (c) river
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) jumped (b) personality (c) geography
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) hospital (c) yellow
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) school (c) sister
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) imagination (c) earth
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cricket (b) refrigerator (c) earth
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) computer (b) monkey (c) world
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) monkey (b) friend (c) electricity
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) helicopter (c) wonderful
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) earth (c) banana

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