Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 778 · 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 “plant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) film (b) beautiful (c) happy
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) happy (b) banana (c) caterpillar
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) grandmother (b) cricket (c) child
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) sister (c) animal
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) photography (c) possibility
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) picture (c) asked
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) window (c) stretch
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) jumped (c) biology
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cricket (b) television (c) jumped
37. 37.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) avocado (c) together
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) hospital (c) square
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) curiosity (c) doctor

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