Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 936 · 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 “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) school (b) calculator (c) electricity
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) opportunity (c) activity
9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) opportunity (c) paper
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) world (c) photography
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) photography (c) window
23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) child (b) cricket (c) photography
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) teacher (b) friend (c) yesterday
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) tomato (c) friend
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) asked (b) alligator (c) mango
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) wonderful (b) celebration (c) bright
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) watermelon (c) paper

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