Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 268 · 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 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) cloud (c) potato
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) help (c) answer
6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) world (c) avocado
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) plant (b) people (c) possibility
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) window (c) school
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) answer (b) yesterday (c) avocado
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) conversation (c) holiday
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) avocado (c) elephant
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) film (c) possibility
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3

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