Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 687 · 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 2 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) teacher (c) helicopter
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) pencil (c) tomato
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) examination (c) conversation
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) river (c) university
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) umbrella (c) refrigerator
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) sister (c) watermelon
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) understanding (b) people (c) elephant
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) cricket (c) school
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) important (c) vocabulary
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) watermelon (c) university
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) wonderful (c) world
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) important (c) shirt
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3

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