Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 801 · 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 “important”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) animal (c) curiosity
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) celebration (c) girl
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) rabbit (c) cloud
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) world (c) hippopotamus
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) stretch (b) caterpillar (c) telephone
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) plant (c) tomato
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) opportunity (c) window
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) bright (c) tomato
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) invitation (b) cloud (c) tomato
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4

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