Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 777 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) girl (b) happy (c) conversation
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) helicopter (c) strength
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) watermelon (c) imagination
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) teacher (c) animal
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) personality (c) garden
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) potato (c) rabbit
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) international (c) bright
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) world (b) animal (c) avocado
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) cloud (c) pencil
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) information (c) world
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) doctor (b) avocado (c) bright
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3

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