Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 847 · 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) international (b) avocado (c) help
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) electricity (c) invitation
5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) cloud (c) answer
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) girl (c) sister
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) conversation (c) rabbit
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) monkey (c) international
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) happy (b) refrigerator (c) alligator
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) shirt (c) refrigerator
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) strength (b) calculator (c) examination
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) biology (c) together
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cloud (b) possibility (c) information
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) electricity (c) friend
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) newspaper (c) school
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4

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