Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 184 · 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 “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) geography (c) window
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) biology (c) river
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) possibility (b) umbrella (c) helicopter
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) celebration (b) strength (c) little
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) mango (c) computer
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) shirt (c) geography
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) kangaroo (c) paper
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) pencil (b) invitation (c) cloud
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) school (c) information
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) people (c) information
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) friend (c) geography

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