Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 168 · 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 “information”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) asked (c) personality
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) electricity (c) beautiful
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) child (c) butterfly
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) invitation (c) earth
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) cricket (c) plant
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) invitation (c) jumped
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) telephone (b) yellow (c) school
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) girl (c) newspaper
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) understanding (b) stretch (c) garden
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) photography (b) asked (c) telephone
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) university (c) beautiful
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) cloud (c) yellow
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) cloud (c) potato
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) invitation (b) possibility (c) holiday
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) friend (c) sister
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) water (c) butterfly
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) elephant (c) little

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