Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 74 · 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 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) help (c) activity
2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) elephant (c) monkey
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) helicopter (b) refrigerator (c) strength
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) computer (c) personality
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) vocabulary (c) wonderful
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) umbrella (b) shirt (c) biology
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) garden (c) earth
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) banana (c) conversation
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) teacher (c) together
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) child (c) vocabulary
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) water (c) opportunity
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) asked (c) tomato
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1

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