Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 603 · 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 “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) television (c) tomato
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) elephant (c) information
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) telephone (c) film
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) shirt (c) avocado
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) world (b) examination (c) photography
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) avocado (b) personality (c) little
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) important (c) watermelon
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) child (c) avocado
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) grandmother (c) understanding
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) grandmother (c) jumped
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) tomato (c) watermelon
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) paper (b) information (c) potato
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4

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