Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 78 · 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 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) pencil (c) tomato
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) table (b) butterfly (c) hippopotamus
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) picture (b) watermelon (c) jumped
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) biology (b) refrigerator (c) rabbit
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) girl (b) activity (c) animal
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) university (c) biology
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) strength (b) photography (c) yellow
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) computer (b) biology (c) school
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) plant (b) information (c) newspaper
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) information (c) world
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) teacher (b) dinosaur (c) invitation
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) bright (b) holiday (c) university
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1

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