Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 673 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) hospital (c) little
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) yellow (c) cloud
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) water (c) celebration
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) calculator (c) film
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) sister (c) imagination
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) imagination (c) teacher
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) cricket (c) possibility
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) plant (c) university
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) activity (c) curiosity
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cricket (b) newspaper (c) celebration

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