Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 921 · 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) electricity (b) monkey (c) child
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) understanding (c) electricity
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yesterday (b) photography (c) strength
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) little (b) avocado (c) potato
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) people (b) telephone (c) jumped
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) garden (c) kangaroo
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) water (b) electricity (c) strength
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) geography (b) pencil (c) earth
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) cloud (c) avocado
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) personality (c) world
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) personality (b) kangaroo (c) sister
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) happy (b) friend (c) television

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