Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 632 · 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 “international”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) celebration (b) answer (c) help
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) celebration (b) yesterday (c) university
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) newspaper (c) asked
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) little (c) shirt
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) teacher (b) calculator (c) film
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) little (b) holiday (c) vocabulary
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) hippopotamus (c) beautiful
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) possibility (c) calculator
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3

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