Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 855 · 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) people (b) elephant (c) hippopotamus
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) telephone (c) calculator
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) watermelon (b) help (c) river
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) shirt (b) river (c) electricity
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) information (b) opportunity (c) cricket
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) plant (b) important (c) refrigerator
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) garden (b) grandmother (c) personality
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2

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