Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 89 · 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 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) alligator (c) imagination
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) pencil (b) alligator (c) girl
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) stretch (c) personality
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) help (b) vocabulary (c) newspaper
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) bright (c) rabbit
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) umbrella (c) curiosity
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) important (b) rabbit (c) earth
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) answer (c) university
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) sister (b) hippopotamus (c) world
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) table (c) film
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yellow (b) university (c) girl
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) newspaper (c) answer
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) square (b) yellow (c) television
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) river (c) caterpillar
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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