Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 821 · 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 “watermelon”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) examination (b) garden (c) butterfly
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) biology (c) child
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) bright (c) garden
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) pencil (c) newspaper
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) vocabulary (b) plant (c) garden
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) calculator (c) jumped
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) river (b) examination (c) yesterday
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) mango (c) activity
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) window (c) yesterday
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) cricket (c) biology
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) imagination (c) dinosaur
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) butterfly (b) little (c) help
29. 29.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) imagination (b) computer (c) asked
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1

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