Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 891 · 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 “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) earth (b) little (c) imagination
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) animal (c) understanding
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) grandmother (c) world
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) help (c) teacher
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) help (c) sister
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) imagination (b) hospital (c) girl
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) potato (b) electricity (c) conversation
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) child (b) television (c) yesterday
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) potato (c) child
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) calculator (b) important (c) curiosity
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) strength (b) tomato (c) garden
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) water (c) earth
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) avocado (b) river (c) school
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4

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