Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 414 · 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 “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) celebration (b) yellow (c) university
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) paper (c) calculator
7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) calculator (b) wonderful (c) square
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) possibility (c) helicopter
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) possibility (c) umbrella
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) world (c) celebration
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) hospital (b) bright (c) activity
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) pencil (c) holiday
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) film (b) photography (c) water
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
34. 34.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) help (b) elephant (c) rabbit
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) biology (b) girl (c) teacher
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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