Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 282 · 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 “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
3. 3.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) geography (c) friend
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) sister (c) jumped
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) film (b) curiosity (c) pencil
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) caterpillar (b) jumped (c) answer
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) girl (b) elephant (c) happy
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
16. 16.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) important (c) possibility
17. 17.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) mango (c) school
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “imagination”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) little (b) television (c) university
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “television”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “telephone”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “earth”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) television (c) picture
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
27. 27.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) information (c) examination
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “geography”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
33. 33.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) holiday (b) girl (c) possibility
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) biology (b) little (c) bright
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3

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