Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 569 · 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 “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) jumped (c) happy
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) water (b) jumped (c) possibility
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) yesterday (c) calculator
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) examination (c) jumped
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) mango (b) alligator (c) potato
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) mango (b) stretch (c) helicopter
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) watermelon (c) international
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) bright (b) tomato (c) vocabulary
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

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