Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 161 · 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) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
2. 2.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) people (c) vocabulary
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) umbrella (c) vocabulary
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) cricket (c) celebration
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) picture (b) jumped (c) watermelon
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) opportunity (c) calculator
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) girl (c) monkey
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) telephone (b) personality (c) world
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) garden (c) personality
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) film (c) university
32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) earth (b) umbrella (c) pencil
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) strength (b) monkey (c) activity
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) computer (c) film
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) alligator (c) earth
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5

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