Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 874 · 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) paper (b) personality (c) shirt
2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) picture (c) biology
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) answer (c) stretch
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) mango (c) butterfly
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) invitation (b) school (c) kangaroo
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) conversation (c) stretch
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) wonderful (c) photography
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) potato (c) world
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) important (b) doctor (c) help
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yellow (b) girl (c) animal

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