Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 259 · 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 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) teacher (c) geography
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) bright (c) river
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) water (c) university
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) caterpillar (c) jumped
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) television (c) world
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) garden (c) umbrella
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) biology (b) river (c) hippopotamus
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) monkey (c) geography
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) banana (c) table
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) plant (c) river
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3

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