Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 91 · 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 “watermelon”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) television (b) hospital (c) paper
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) paper (c) bright
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) sister (c) computer
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) people (b) possibility (c) film
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
21. 21.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) holiday (c) invitation
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) happy (b) conversation (c) cloud
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) answer (b) girl (c) grandmother
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) possibility (b) mango (c) avocado
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) calculator (b) yellow (c) banana
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5

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