Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 882 · 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) shirt (b) invitation (c) refrigerator
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) hospital (c) examination
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) square (c) helicopter
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) water (c) yesterday
19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) potato (c) jumped
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) people (c) plant
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) together (c) school
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) umbrella (b) activity (c) shirt
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) holiday (b) university (c) yellow
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) garden (b) imagination (c) conversation
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) imagination (c) strength
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) shirt (c) calculator
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

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