Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 943 · 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 “little”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) child (c) paper
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) television (c) earth
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) film (c) pencil
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) university (b) geography (c) monkey
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) telephone (c) people
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) shirt (c) water
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) biology (b) jumped (c) yesterday
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) asked (c) hospital
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) international (c) answer
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) shirt (c) caterpillar
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) geography (b) butterfly (c) imagination
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yellow (b) animal (c) examination
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4

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