Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 209 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) telephone (c) watermelon
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) calculator (c) newspaper
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) happy (b) school (c) electricity
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) shirt (b) elephant (c) caterpillar
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) international (c) garden
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) teacher (b) examination (c) cloud
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) beautiful (c) information
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) holiday (b) calculator (c) help
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) picture (b) earth (c) alligator
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) personality (c) asked
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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