Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 258 · 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 “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) girl (b) curiosity (c) sister
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) television (b) stretch (c) yesterday
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) watermelon (c) umbrella
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) potato (c) pencil
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) pencil (b) caterpillar (c) earth
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) avocado (c) university
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) refrigerator (c) geography
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) invitation (b) water (c) imagination
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) paper (c) celebration
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) pencil (b) information (c) personality
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) rabbit (c) animal
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) newspaper (c) monkey
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5

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