Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 992 · 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 3 syllables? (a) plant (b) holiday (c) teacher
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) calculator (b) wonderful (c) electricity
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) help (c) holiday
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) watermelon (c) people
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) garden (c) shirt
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) friend (c) little
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) garden (b) vocabulary (c) film
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) monkey (c) biology
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) child (c) photography
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) water (b) helicopter (c) kangaroo
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) paper (c) hospital

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