Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 68 · 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 4 syllables? (a) possibility (b) computer (c) calculator
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) holiday (b) girl (c) window
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) umbrella (b) hippopotamus (c) monkey
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) umbrella (c) strength
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) opportunity (c) cricket
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) stretch (b) wonderful (c) examination
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) square (b) water (c) university
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) banana (c) imagination
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) monkey (b) stretch (c) personality
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) pencil (b) animal (c) jumped
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) animal (c) river
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5

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