Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 697 · 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 “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) little (b) opportunity (c) calculator
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) imagination (c) animal
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) invitation (c) tomato
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) cricket (c) umbrella
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) picture (b) imagination (c) bright
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) answer (c) caterpillar
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) table (c) cloud
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) cricket (c) together
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) film (b) imagination (c) television
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) helicopter (c) school
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4

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