Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 223 · 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 “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) dinosaur (b) help (c) watermelon
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) sister (c) elephant
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) helicopter (c) grandmother
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) conversation (c) animal
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) computer (c) child
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) personality (c) cricket
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hospital (b) hippopotamus (c) film
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) celebration (c) bright
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) calculator (c) window
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) telephone (b) calculator (c) personality
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2

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