Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 935 · 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 “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) helicopter (c) imagination
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) banana (c) refrigerator
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) hippopotamus (c) computer
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) plant (c) television
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) answer (b) strength (c) international
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) school (c) caterpillar
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) international (c) yesterday
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) imagination (c) television
23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) picture (c) celebration
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) girl (b) garden (c) examination
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) world (c) answer
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) invitation (b) refrigerator (c) friend
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) school (c) caterpillar
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) imagination (c) happy
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

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