Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 763 · 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 1 syllable? (a) tomato (b) strength (c) garden
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) garden (c) activity
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) information (b) asked (c) kangaroo
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) geography (b) opportunity (c) little
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) invitation (b) paper (c) personality
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) important (b) curiosity (c) watermelon
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) yellow (c) imagination
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) friend (c) examination
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) celebration (c) banana
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) teacher (c) computer
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) square (c) photography

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