Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 232 · 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 “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “animal”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) beautiful (b) square (c) water
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) water (b) university (c) film
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) earth (b) caterpillar (c) possibility
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) school (c) rabbit
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) butterfly (b) bright (c) conversation
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) doctor (c) caterpillar
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) picture (c) earth
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “river”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
40. 40.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) grandmother (b) examination (c) jumped

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