Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 545 · 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 “river”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) together (b) jumped (c) electricity
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) understanding (b) animal (c) window
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) table (c) wonderful
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) tomato (c) alligator
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) monkey (b) girl (c) vocabulary
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) window (c) caterpillar
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) asked (b) banana (c) alligator
32. 32.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) telephone (b) curiosity (c) help
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) help (c) potato
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) information (c) butterfly
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) understanding (c) happy
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2

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