Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 820 · 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 2 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) doctor (c) calculator
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) calculator (c) cloud
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) wonderful (c) answer
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) water (b) biology (c) school
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) celebration (b) banana (c) paper
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) helicopter (c) personality
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) umbrella (c) helicopter
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) sister (b) holiday (c) asked
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) rabbit (c) film
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) strength (b) rabbit (c) invitation
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) refrigerator (c) pencil
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) telephone (b) geography (c) cloud
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

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