Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 823 · 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 “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) telephone (b) film (c) international
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) garden (c) film
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) invitation (c) together
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) electricity (c) rabbit
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) window (b) photography (c) examination
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) information (c) personality
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) avocado (c) world
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) dinosaur (c) mango
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) school (c) calculator
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) activity (c) cloud
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

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