Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 774 · 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.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) hospital (c) happy
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) university (c) rabbit
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) together (b) activity (c) vocabulary
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) international (c) river
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) yesterday (c) refrigerator
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) friend (b) imagination (c) paper
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) international (c) pencil
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
29. 29.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) newspaper (c) world
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “holiday”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) beautiful (c) refrigerator
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) holiday (b) plant (c) watermelon
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

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