Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 940 · 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 “photography”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) caterpillar (c) earth
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) happy (c) cloud
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) plant (c) yellow
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) conversation (b) yesterday (c) water
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) garden (b) child (c) information
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) television (b) kangaroo (c) refrigerator
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “mango”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) personality (b) tomato (c) television
26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) activity (b) refrigerator (c) together
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) friend (c) monkey
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) possibility (b) calculator (c) newspaper
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) girl (c) yellow
36. 36.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) paper (b) yesterday (c) plant
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) shirt (b) dinosaur (c) teacher
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) asked (b) understanding (c) examination

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