Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 351 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) jumped (c) refrigerator
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) photography (c) answer
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) school (c) people
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) electricity (c) sister
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) shirt (b) dinosaur (c) paper
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) photography (c) examination
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) asked (b) geography (c) yellow
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) cloud (c) vocabulary
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) world (c) understanding
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) yellow (c) potato
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
38. 38.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) conversation (b) child (c) imagination
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) child (c) tomato

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