Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 707 · 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 “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) newspaper (b) table (c) friend
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) university (c) butterfly
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) people (b) grandmother (c) celebration
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) school (c) umbrella
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) world (b) possibility (c) elephant
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) stretch (c) university
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) beautiful (c) strength
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) little (c) film
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) curiosity (c) table
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) butterfly (c) jumped
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) sister (c) caterpillar
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) important (b) doctor (c) understanding
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4

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