Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 521 · 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 “window”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) help (b) kangaroo (c) photography
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) computer (b) jumped (c) doctor
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) stretch (c) rabbit
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) asked (c) refrigerator
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) geography (b) child (c) international
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) electricity (b) world (c) yesterday
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) people (b) alligator (c) opportunity
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) potato (c) university
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) garden (b) helicopter (c) hippopotamus
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) geography (c) happy
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) school (c) umbrella
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) stretch (b) pencil (c) understanding
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) university (c) asked
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) possibility (c) telephone
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) important (c) world
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5

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