Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 599 · 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 “potato”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) garden (b) alligator (c) banana
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) garden (c) personality
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) strength (c) calculator
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) film (b) celebration (c) river
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) plant (c) refrigerator
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) international (b) hospital (c) film
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) little (b) watermelon (c) vocabulary
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) geography (b) friend (c) tomato
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) possibility (c) computer
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5

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