Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 654 · 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) film (b) yellow (c) helicopter
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) computer (b) happy (c) strength
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) little (b) caterpillar (c) butterfly
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) garden (c) telephone
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) alligator (b) earth (c) rabbit
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) jumped (b) water (c) vocabulary
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) avocado (c) paper
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) answer (b) opportunity (c) yesterday
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) world (c) wonderful
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) understanding (b) international (c) grandmother
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) calculator (b) opportunity (c) doctor
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) conversation (c) stretch
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) table (c) strength
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

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