Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 888 · 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 3 syllables? (a) water (b) activity (c) hospital
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) calculator (c) yesterday
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) telephone (b) school (c) television
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) electricity (b) watermelon (c) elephant
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) world (b) alligator (c) electricity
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) refrigerator (c) help
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) plant (c) personality
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) stretch (c) examination
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) international (b) strength (c) together
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) international (c) information
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) picture (c) potato
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) bright (c) banana
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) square (b) opportunity (c) cricket
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) conversation (c) examination
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) happy (c) kangaroo

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