Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 813 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) doctor (c) calculator
3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) grandmother (c) calculator
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) computer (c) bright
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) university (c) invitation
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) sister (c) possibility
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) jumped (c) holiday
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) photography (c) bright
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) water (c) asked
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) imagination (b) butterfly (c) bright
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) examination (b) picture (c) alligator
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4

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