Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 338 · 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) watermelon (b) rabbit (c) examination
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) film (c) doctor
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) pencil (c) shirt
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) computer (b) square (c) vocabulary
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) water (b) animal (c) helicopter
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) river (b) together (c) earth
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) water (b) school (c) opportunity
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) jumped (c) animal
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) examination (b) film (c) conversation
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) possibility (b) film (c) animal
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) teacher (b) school (c) conversation
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) electricity (c) square
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4

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