Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 44 · 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.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) school (b) caterpillar (c) answer
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) conversation (b) cricket (c) banana
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) girl (b) electricity (c) garden
15. 15.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) photography (b) dinosaur (c) happy
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 5
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) television (b) potato (c) rabbit
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) banana (b) geography (c) examination
24. 24.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) yellow (b) cloud (c) alligator
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
26. 26.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) helicopter (b) film (c) holiday
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cricket (b) watermelon (c) bright
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “refrigerator”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “garden”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) information (c) holiday
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “tomato”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) girl (b) imagination (c) newspaper

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