Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 995 · 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 “computer”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) rabbit (c) photography
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) telephone (c) world
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) monkey (b) cloud (c) examination
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) understanding (b) window (c) umbrella
7. 7.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) university (c) calculator
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) together (c) stretch
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) potato (b) water (c) watermelon
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) asked (c) butterfly
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) plant (c) vocabulary
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) help (c) garden
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) square (c) umbrella
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) answer (b) personality (c) alligator
35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) university (c) answer
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) imagination (b) pencil (c) child
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) celebration (c) computer
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5

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