Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 701 · 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 “garden”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) yellow (c) yesterday
5. 5.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) examination (c) calculator
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) watermelon (c) vocabulary
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) tomato (c) school
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) university (b) information (c) hospital
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) holiday (b) friend (c) answer
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) photography (c) picture
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) little (b) friend (c) curiosity
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) kangaroo (c) television
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) garden (b) asked (c) vocabulary
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) girl (c) international
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5

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