Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 203 · 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) watermelon (b) earth (c) picture
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) child (b) international (c) river
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) butterfly (c) mango
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) university (c) shirt
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) celebration (b) film (c) together
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) umbrella (b) film (c) happy
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) stretch (b) biology (c) window
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) strength (b) kangaroo (c) refrigerator
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) hippopotamus (c) plant
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) girl (c) calculator
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) possibility (b) school (c) picture
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) world (b) activity (c) grandmother
35. 35.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) personality (b) pencil (c) caterpillar
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) picture (c) electricity
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) examination (b) square (c) important
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3

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