Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 191 · 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 1 syllable? (a) teacher (b) shirt (c) imagination
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) celebration (b) friend (c) newspaper
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) calculator (b) vocabulary (c) film
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) tomato (b) celebration (c) imagination
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) important (b) world (c) table
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) square (b) pencil (c) hospital
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
18. 18.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) understanding (b) potato (c) stretch
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “people”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) help (b) examination (c) holiday
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) animal (c) stretch
24. 24.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) plant (c) examination
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
28. 28.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) potato (c) little
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) banana (b) hippopotamus (c) conversation
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) calculator (c) possibility
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “holiday”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5

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