Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 864 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) teacher (c) vocabulary
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) water (b) school (c) yesterday
7. 7.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) shirt (c) invitation
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) electricity (c) friend
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) girl (b) dinosaur (c) alligator
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) photography (c) imagination
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) jumped (c) mango
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) jumped (c) celebration

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