Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 381 · 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 “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) monkey (c) electricity
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) earth (b) international (c) answer
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) monkey (b) square (c) information
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) potato (c) activity
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) geography (c) examination
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) butterfly (c) picture
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) jumped (c) happy
28. 28.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) biology (c) girl
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) picture (c) earth

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