Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 713 · 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 “important”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) personality (c) sister
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) people (b) activity (c) jumped
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) doctor (c) child
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) cloud (c) teacher
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) happy (c) together
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) pencil (b) international (c) activity
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) together (b) window (c) film
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) tomato (c) garden
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) shirt (b) newspaper (c) activity
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) biology (c) imagination
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

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