Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 73 · 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 2 syllables? (a) answer (b) possibility (c) bright
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) window (c) friend
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) answer (c) caterpillar
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) elephant (b) invitation (c) jumped
11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) child (b) tomato (c) geography
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) sister (c) cloud
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) little (c) jumped
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) electricity (c) alligator
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) sister (c) television
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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