Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 802 · 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 4 syllables? (a) bright (b) window (c) information
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) photography (b) computer (c) film
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
8. 8.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) cricket (c) vocabulary
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) little (c) curiosity
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) newspaper (c) people
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) university (b) garden (c) bright
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) shirt (b) holiday (c) garden
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) world (b) hippopotamus (c) tomato
32. 32.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) alligator (b) answer (c) possibility
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) understanding (c) table
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1

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