Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 70 · 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 4 syllables? (a) sister (b) information (c) dinosaur
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) understanding (c) shirt
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) earth (b) yellow (c) tomato
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) teacher (b) potato (c) child
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) answer (c) opportunity
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) wonderful (c) child
17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) picture (c) shirt
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) rabbit (c) cloud
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) cricket (c) electricity
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) world (c) water
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) asked (c) answer
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) international (c) telephone
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) umbrella (c) doctor
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) understanding (b) pencil (c) kangaroo

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