Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 253 · 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.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) animal (c) international
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) picture (b) understanding (c) examination
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) important (c) examination
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) grandmother (c) imagination
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) telephone (c) friend
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) people (b) television (c) vocabulary
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) doctor (b) international (c) calculator
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) mango (c) banana
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) animal (c) hippopotamus
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) asked (c) photography
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) jumped (c) calculator

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