Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 95 · 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.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) invitation (b) shirt (c) answer
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) celebration (c) water
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) alligator (c) table
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) film (c) celebration
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) umbrella (c) personality
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) earth (c) geography
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) computer (c) invitation
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) together (b) alligator (c) refrigerator
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) potato (c) square
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) hippopotamus (c) river
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) possibility (c) film
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) square (c) holiday
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) world (c) imagination
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) examination (c) happy

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