Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 370 · 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 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) electricity (c) help
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
6. 6.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) hippopotamus (c) tomato
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) film (c) paper
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) plant (b) monkey (c) activity
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) possibility (c) cloud
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) helicopter (c) friend
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) little (b) curiosity (c) hospital
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) animal (b) activity (c) rabbit
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) friend (c) hippopotamus
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) conversation (c) earth
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) strength (b) computer (c) pencil
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) elephant (c) little
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) together (c) university
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3

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