Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 322 · 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 “banana”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) help (b) alligator (c) teacher
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
5. 5.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) kangaroo (c) monkey
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “asked”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “examination”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) opportunity (b) film (c) invitation
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) activity (b) happy (c) stretch
17. 17.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) information (b) international (c) bright
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) imagination (b) friend (c) people
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) activity (b) international (c) river
24. 24.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) friend (b) watermelon (c) butterfly
25. 25.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cloud (b) banana (c) university
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “curiosity”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
30. 30.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) paper (b) photography (c) girl
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
34. 34.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) tomato (b) activity (c) friend
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “umbrella”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “information”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2

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