Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 72 · 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 3 syllables? (a) teacher (b) animal (c) friend
2. 2.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) hippopotamus (c) holiday
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) possibility (c) computer
5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) stretch (c) calculator
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) picture (c) square
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) world (b) electricity (c) activity
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) kangaroo (c) celebration
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) understanding (c) earth
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) water (c) international
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) television (b) opportunity (c) little
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) friend (c) information
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) helicopter (c) bright
38. 38.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) water (b) shirt (c) watermelon
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2

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