Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 852 · 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 “curiosity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) jumped (b) yesterday (c) pencil
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yesterday (b) avocado (c) world
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) wonderful (b) information (c) little
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) alligator (c) school
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) avocado (b) water (c) curiosity
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) personality (b) geography (c) mango
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) together (b) monkey (c) shirt
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) possibility (c) kangaroo
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) photography (c) child
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) school (b) tomato (c) table
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) world (c) electricity
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3

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