Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 650 · 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 “help”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) biology (c) help
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) possibility (c) animal
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) rabbit (b) world (c) vocabulary
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) girl (b) garden (c) caterpillar
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) little (b) help (c) refrigerator
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) stretch (c) watermelon
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) school (c) electricity
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) beautiful (b) refrigerator (c) earth
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) imagination (c) teacher
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) invitation (c) little
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) rabbit (c) film
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) yellow (c) film
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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