Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 495 · 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.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) imagination (b) shirt (c) avocado
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) jumped (c) happy
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) information (b) help (c) newspaper
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) yellow (c) alligator
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) tomato (c) friend
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) activity (c) beautiful
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) earth (c) computer
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) calculator (c) hippopotamus
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) holiday (c) answer
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) table (b) animal (c) conversation
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) television (c) personality
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3

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