Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 652 · 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 1 syllable? (a) together (b) window (c) school
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) photography (c) world
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) pencil (b) girl (c) vocabulary
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) garden (b) helicopter (c) film
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) friend (c) computer
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) strength (c) computer
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) cloud (c) photography
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) television (c) computer
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) understanding (c) butterfly
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) imagination (c) alligator
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) world (c) sister
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4

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