Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 82 · 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 “photography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) answer (b) kangaroo (c) helicopter
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) information (c) grandmother
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) television (c) people
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) paper (b) stretch (c) hospital
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) strength (c) possibility
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) tomato (b) asked (c) personality
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) geography (c) square
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) celebration (b) child (c) hippopotamus
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) rabbit (b) alligator (c) film
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) information (c) possibility
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) examination (b) understanding (c) garden
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1

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