Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 806 · 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 “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) banana (c) personality
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) international (c) conversation
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) sister (b) holiday (c) invitation
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) sister (b) shirt (c) understanding
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) pencil (c) hospital
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) river (c) imagination
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) elephant (c) girl
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) friend (c) helicopter
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5

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