Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 65 · 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.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) calculator (b) pencil (c) vocabulary
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) child (c) hippopotamus
7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) dinosaur (c) yellow
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) world (c) computer
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) paper (c) asked
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) opportunity (c) watermelon
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) picture (b) conversation (c) plant
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) asked (c) caterpillar
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) biology (c) vocabulary
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) hippopotamus (c) television
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) holiday (b) biology (c) cloud
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2

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