Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 900 · 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 “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) calculator (b) cloud (c) teacher
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) square (b) conversation (c) elephant
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) mango (c) vocabulary
9. 9.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) elephant (b) paper (c) imagination
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) pencil (b) hippopotamus (c) invitation
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) information (b) world (c) international
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) conversation (c) examination
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) monkey (c) electricity
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) yellow (c) conversation
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) earth (b) beautiful (c) refrigerator
31. 31.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) teacher (b) vocabulary (c) tomato
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) banana (b) rabbit (c) stretch
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “window”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4

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