Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 4 · 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 “university”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) doctor (b) dinosaur (c) alligator
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) newspaper (c) conversation
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) international (b) paper (c) biology
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) jumped (c) activity
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) elephant (c) international
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) celebration (c) imagination
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) rabbit (c) possibility
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) electricity (b) caterpillar (c) kangaroo
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) together (c) avocado
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1

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