Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 667 · 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 “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) important (c) celebration
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) hippopotamus (c) telephone
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) picture (b) umbrella (c) watermelon
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) school (b) vocabulary (c) hospital
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) butterfly (b) window (c) asked
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) girl (c) examination
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) yellow (c) alligator
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) helicopter (c) doctor
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) alligator (c) possibility

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