Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 169 · 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 “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) river (c) girl
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) child (c) happy
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) little (b) earth (c) watermelon
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) water (c) dinosaur
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) university (c) stretch
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) bright (b) refrigerator (c) mango
16. 16.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) cricket (c) hippopotamus
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) shirt (c) refrigerator
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) elephant (c) shirt
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) happy (c) stretch
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

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