Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 857 · 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) opportunity (b) banana (c) activity
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
7. 7.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) information (c) teacher
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “university”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) pencil (c) watermelon
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “television”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) electricity (c) understanding
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) potato (b) mango (c) possibility
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) computer (b) conversation (c) doctor
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) personality (c) newspaper
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) holiday (c) earth
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) umbrella (c) help
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) computer (c) avocado
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1

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