Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 942 · 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 “water”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) friend (b) activity (c) possibility
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) biology (c) shirt
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hippopotamus (b) people (c) butterfly
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) earth (b) university (c) conversation
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) little (b) grandmother (c) hippopotamus
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) plant (c) water
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) newspaper (b) cloud (c) celebration
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) imagination (b) television (c) dinosaur
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) calculator (c) umbrella
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) umbrella (c) sister
37. 37.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) conversation (c) tomato
38. 38.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) television (c) vocabulary
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) asked (b) activity (c) important
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4

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