Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 77 · 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) kangaroo (b) activity (c) river
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) table (c) yesterday
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) window (c) friend
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) avocado (c) computer
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) telephone (b) yellow (c) hippopotamus
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) information (b) opportunity (c) shirt
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) animal (b) university (c) biology
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) invitation (b) personality (c) school
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) help (c) cricket
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
21. 21.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) cricket (c) biology
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
27. 27.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) geography (c) umbrella
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) television (c) earth
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) monkey (b) biology (c) possibility
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) kangaroo (c) avocado
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) elephant (c) bright
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4

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