Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 373 · 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 “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hippopotamus (b) bright (c) answer
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) shirt (b) butterfly (c) geography
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) cloud (c) wonderful
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) shirt (c) butterfly
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) jumped (b) television (c) opportunity
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) jumped (c) opportunity
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) activity (c) earth
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) important (c) child
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) picture (b) shirt (c) watermelon
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) water (c) activity
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) avocado (b) teacher (c) world
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) film (c) people
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3

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