Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 245 · 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 2 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) celebration (c) yellow
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) together (b) examination (c) caterpillar
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “university”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) hippopotamus (c) table
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) strength (b) curiosity (c) calculator
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) imagination (b) dinosaur (c) cloud
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) cricket (c) biology
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “caterpillar”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
21. 21.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) potato (c) window
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
24. 24.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) happy (b) cloud (c) telephone
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
26. 26.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) curiosity (b) conversation (c) river
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “elephant”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) people (b) elephant (c) jumped
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “yesterday”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) animal (b) cloud (c) invitation
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) animal (b) window (c) watermelon

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