Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 927 · 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 “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) helicopter (c) imagination
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) imagination (c) child
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) friend (c) hippopotamus
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) watermelon (c) paper
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) help (c) vocabulary
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) dinosaur (b) photography (c) jumped
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) international (b) water (c) holiday
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) personality (c) photography
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) elephant (b) possibility (c) film
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) sister (c) imagination
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) potato (b) possibility (c) television
35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) plant (b) understanding (c) animal
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2

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