Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 827 · 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 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) geography (c) butterfly
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) cricket (b) helicopter (c) vocabulary
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) banana (c) monkey
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) umbrella (c) sister
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) monkey (b) international (c) alligator
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) understanding (c) friend
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) television (c) picture
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) stretch (c) information
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3

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