Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 881 · 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 4 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) curiosity (c) celebration
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) bright (b) paper (c) activity
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) holiday (c) biology
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) school (b) television (c) hippopotamus
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) opportunity (c) teacher
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) animal (b) answer (c) asked
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) shirt (b) alligator (c) happy
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) beautiful (c) yellow
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) sister (c) help
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) friend (b) picture (c) umbrella
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2

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