Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 411 · 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 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) telephone (c) conversation
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
3. 3.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) elephant (b) stretch (c) international
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “alligator”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
10. 10.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) examination (c) happy
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) international (b) film (c) alligator
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) strength (c) personality
14. 14.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) electricity (b) girl (c) happy
15. 15.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) monkey (b) stretch (c) photography
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “invitation”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cricket (b) shirt (c) banana
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) watermelon (b) opportunity (c) answer
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) information (c) yesterday
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
32. 32.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) imagination (c) caterpillar
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “earth”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “doctor”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
35. 35.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) important (b) invitation (c) world
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “rabbit”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “pencil”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

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