Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 648 · 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 “important”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) water (b) animal (c) possibility
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) watermelon (c) mango
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) curiosity (c) little
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) square (c) activity
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) refrigerator (c) world
16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) square (c) dinosaur
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) international (c) girl
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) friend (b) personality (c) little
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) curiosity (c) stretch
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) plant (c) helicopter
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5

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