Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 905 · 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 1 syllable? (a) child (b) hospital (c) sister
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) possibility (c) stretch
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) shirt (c) examination
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) telephone (b) people (c) girl
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) girl (c) activity
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) telephone (c) understanding
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) dinosaur (c) photography
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) pencil (c) wonderful
30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) happy (c) opportunity
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) school (c) teacher
32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) butterfly (c) earth
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) calculator (b) butterfly (c) sister
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3

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