Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 780 · 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 “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) avocado (c) world
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) picture (c) calculator
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) girl (c) garden
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) refrigerator (c) bright
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) important (b) child (c) possibility
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) strength (c) information
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) doctor (c) calculator
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) grandmother (c) school
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) monkey (b) calculator (c) newspaper
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) friend (c) celebration

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