Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 963 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) school (c) celebration
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) refrigerator (b) girl (c) yesterday
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) together (c) help
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) girl (c) monkey
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) mango (c) alligator
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) holiday (c) vocabulary
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) imagination (c) square
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) world (c) animal
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) answer (c) activity
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) holiday (b) girl (c) possibility
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) water (b) geography (c) electricity
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) holiday (b) little (c) jumped
38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) paper (b) refrigerator (c) bright
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) water (c) vocabulary
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2

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