Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 160 · 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 “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) tomato (c) monkey
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) yellow (c) curiosity
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) vocabulary (c) pencil
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) alligator (b) jumped (c) rabbit
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) window (c) plant
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) butterfly (c) friend
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) film (c) window
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) teacher (c) stretch
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) strength (b) yesterday (c) possibility
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) university (c) hospital

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