Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 265 · 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 “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) examination (c) world
11. 11.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) watermelon (c) paper
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) caterpillar (c) world
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) newspaper (c) rabbit
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) geography (b) window (c) tomato
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) earth (c) hippopotamus
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) bright (c) avocado
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) elephant (b) imagination (c) celebration
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) animal (c) river
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) understanding (b) bright (c) window
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) important (c) plant
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) mango (c) possibility
38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) window (c) kangaroo
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3

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