Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 290 · 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 “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) photography (c) plant
5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) important (b) monkey (c) watermelon
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) child (b) water (c) caterpillar
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) earth (b) possibility (c) caterpillar
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) film (c) refrigerator
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) river (c) beautiful
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) opportunity (c) butterfly
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) jumped (c) little
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) table (b) alligator (c) vocabulary
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) pencil (b) television (c) curiosity
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) information (b) together (c) possibility
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) garden (b) butterfly (c) refrigerator

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