Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 84 · 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 “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) sister (c) child
5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) asked (b) alligator (c) happy
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) plant (b) vocabulary (c) potato
11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) calculator (c) people
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) computer (c) understanding
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) world (b) elephant (c) answer
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) people (c) examination
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) geography (b) imagination (c) banana
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) wonderful (c) conversation
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) school (b) elephant (c) water
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) biology (b) potato (c) vocabulary
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) telephone (c) imagination
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5

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