Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 427 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) personality (c) conversation
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) square (c) dinosaur
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) tomato (b) girl (c) international
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) mango (c) hospital
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) sister (b) tomato (c) school
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) little (c) photography
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) activity (c) girl
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) refrigerator (c) caterpillar
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) celebration (b) cricket (c) girl
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) refrigerator (c) yesterday
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) banana (b) earth (c) cricket
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2

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