Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 887 · 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 “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) information (c) imagination
4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) newspaper (c) refrigerator
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) girl (c) university
6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) friend (c) pencil
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) paper (b) curiosity (c) geography
14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) square (c) examination
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) bright (b) people (c) refrigerator
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) happy (c) vocabulary
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) together (c) international
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) little (b) vocabulary (c) plant
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) avocado (c) banana
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1

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