Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 593 · 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 “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) girl (b) watermelon (c) telephone
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) helicopter (b) girl (c) university
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) refrigerator (c) banana
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) strength (c) watermelon
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) avocado (c) jumped
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) university (c) bright
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) geography (c) teacher
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) people (b) dinosaur (c) earth
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) garden (b) geography (c) imagination
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) friend (c) dinosaur
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

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