Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 248 · 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 “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) television (b) holiday (c) imagination
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) window (c) curiosity
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) avocado (c) curiosity
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) child (c) happy
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) banana (c) water
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) jumped (c) avocado
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) doctor (c) television
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) paper (b) university (c) together
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cricket (b) computer (c) vocabulary
31. 31.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) hospital (c) table
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) calculator (b) world (c) vocabulary
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) mango (c) potato
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2

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