Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 629 · 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 “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) square (c) helicopter
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) teacher (c) avocado
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) teacher (b) avocado (c) kangaroo
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) electricity (c) alligator
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) potato (c) river
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) newspaper (c) possibility
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) bright (b) paper (c) vocabulary
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) garden (c) photography
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) happy (c) holiday
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) newspaper (c) cricket
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) television (b) refrigerator (c) tomato

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