Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 131 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) elephant (b) television (c) refrigerator
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) doctor (b) hippopotamus (c) film
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) bright (b) celebration (c) water
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) school (c) umbrella
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) vocabulary (c) strength
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) bright (c) electricity
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) table (b) kangaroo (c) information
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) computer (b) earth (c) watermelon
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) activity (c) electricity
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) jumped (b) butterfly (c) imagination
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) sister (c) information
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1

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