Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 804 · 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 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) important (c) mango
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) kangaroo (c) cloud
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) hippopotamus (c) cloud
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) possibility (c) watermelon
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) girl (b) biology (c) people
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) holiday (b) understanding (c) curiosity
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) understanding (c) earth
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) child (b) potato (c) refrigerator
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) television (c) possibility
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) girl (c) people
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) mango (c) vocabulary
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3

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