Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 615 · 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 “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) beautiful (c) biology
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) cloud (c) banana
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) personality (c) calculator
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) refrigerator (c) alligator
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) grandmother (c) helicopter
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) doctor (b) university (c) television
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) grandmother (c) cloud
35. 35.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) square (c) elephant
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) tomato (b) examination (c) picture
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5

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