Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 641 · 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 “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) bright (b) vocabulary (c) helicopter
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) cricket (c) world
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) personality (c) jumped
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) alligator (b) hospital (c) happy
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) important (c) strength
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) girl (b) hospital (c) activity
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) film (c) tomato
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) avocado (b) imagination (c) tomato
35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) answer (c) grandmother
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cricket (b) plant (c) yesterday
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) television (b) grandmother (c) shirt

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