Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 672 · 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 “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) girl (b) answer (c) potato
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) beautiful (c) shirt
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) elephant (c) biology
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) computer (b) vocabulary (c) earth
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) teacher (c) opportunity
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) bright (b) curiosity (c) sister
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) elephant (c) international
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) kangaroo (b) stretch (c) helicopter
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) vocabulary (c) film
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) alligator (c) bright
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) activity (c) little
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3

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