Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 815 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yesterday (b) shirt (c) monkey
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) window (c) stretch
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) table (c) dinosaur
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) dinosaur (c) film
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) garden (c) possibility
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) river (b) calculator (c) opportunity
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) jumped (b) photography (c) imagination
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) window (b) important (c) watermelon
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) girl (c) monkey
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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