Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 681 · 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 “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) answer (b) helicopter (c) friend
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) opportunity (c) school
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) cloud (c) alligator
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) cloud (c) information
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) plant (b) avocado (c) people
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) possibility (b) happy (c) calculator
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) international (c) doctor
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4

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