Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 938 · 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 “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) conversation (c) butterfly
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) yesterday (c) electricity
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) together (c) square
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) personality (c) geography
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) film (b) celebration (c) curiosity
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) kangaroo (c) imagination
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) answer (b) umbrella (c) university
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3

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