Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 149 · 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 “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) caterpillar (c) school
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) important (c) child
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) happy (c) university
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) television (c) possibility
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) electricity (c) bright
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) caterpillar (c) kangaroo
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) imagination (c) stretch
30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) holiday (b) opportunity (c) cricket
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) dinosaur (c) help
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) invitation (b) university (c) kangaroo
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) telephone (b) alligator (c) film
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

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