Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 901 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) garden (c) examination
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) people (c) important
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) garden (b) stretch (c) computer
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) girl (c) personality
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) information (c) stretch
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) animal (c) picture
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) picture (c) together
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) pencil (b) wonderful (c) jumped
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5

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