Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 833 · 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 “possibility”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) film (c) personality
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) earth (c) examination
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) understanding (c) help
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) watermelon (b) stretch (c) yellow
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) electricity (c) caterpillar
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) mango (c) information
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) hospital (c) school
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) asked (b) people (c) holiday
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) international (b) shirt (c) paper
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) child (b) imagination (c) alligator
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) understanding (b) elephant (c) girl
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2

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