Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 984 · 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 1 syllable? (a) film (b) vocabulary (c) pencil
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) yesterday (c) asked
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) window (c) electricity
17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) international (b) kangaroo (c) avocado
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) important (b) paper (c) university
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) avocado (c) jumped
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) doctor (c) potato
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) electricity (c) shirt
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) monkey (b) beautiful (c) international
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) together (b) caterpillar (c) possibility
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) curiosity (c) cricket
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) invitation (b) wonderful (c) hippopotamus

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