Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 939 · 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 “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
3. 3.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) university (c) picture
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cricket (b) personality (c) grandmother
7. 7.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) computer (b) geography (c) curiosity
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) friend (b) information (c) personality
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) computer (b) invitation (c) school
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “newspaper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) photography (b) potato (c) electricity
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) caterpillar (b) banana (c) child
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) imagination (b) newspaper (c) happy
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) biology (b) teacher (c) hippopotamus
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) university (c) rabbit
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) international (c) school
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) potato (c) garden
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) mango (b) dinosaur (c) information
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) invitation (b) computer (c) rabbit

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