Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 849 · 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 5 syllables? (a) doctor (b) plant (c) possibility
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) computer (c) doctor
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) international (b) together (c) plant
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) personality (c) mango
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) picture (c) important
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) paper (c) alligator
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) refrigerator (c) cricket
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) earth (b) teacher (c) imagination
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) bright (c) people
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) school (c) hippopotamus
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) important (b) conversation (c) doctor
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4

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