Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 170 · 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 “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) strength (c) caterpillar
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) information (b) bright (c) examination
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) garden (c) hospital
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) umbrella (c) cricket
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) earth (b) little (c) yesterday
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) sister (c) child
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) school (b) possibility (c) rabbit
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) electricity (b) help (c) watermelon
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) imagination (c) doctor
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

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