Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 98 · 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 “bright”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) animal (c) calculator
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) world (c) mango
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) dinosaur (c) garden
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) animal (b) mango (c) alligator
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) television (b) curiosity (c) dinosaur
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) refrigerator (c) girl
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) girl (b) together (c) photography
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) child (c) doctor
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) hippopotamus (c) butterfly
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) elephant (c) refrigerator
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1

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