Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 958 · 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 “world”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) help (c) television
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) monkey (c) geography
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) refrigerator (c) understanding
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) stretch (c) teacher
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) elephant (c) hippopotamus
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) little (b) asked (c) activity
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) electricity (b) girl (c) umbrella
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) imagination (b) sister (c) hospital
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) information (b) potato (c) cloud
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) world (c) university
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hospital (b) girl (c) conversation
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) river (b) helicopter (c) vocabulary
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1

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