Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 104 · 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 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) potato (c) alligator
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) kangaroo (c) cloud
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) watermelon (b) asked (c) people
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) strength (b) dinosaur (c) alligator
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) celebration (b) rabbit (c) banana
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) yellow (c) geography
20. 20.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) mango (b) helicopter (c) shirt
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) butterfly (b) electricity (c) stretch
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) possibility (b) jumped (c) invitation
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
30. 30.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) school (b) elephant (c) mango
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2

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