Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 475 · 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 “butterfly”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “information”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “celebration”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
9. 9.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) window (b) child (c) potato
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “important”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
12. 12.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) world (b) paper (c) grandmother
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “curiosity”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) kangaroo (c) paper
15. 15.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) celebration (b) bright (c) people
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “asked”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) understanding (c) beautiful
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) shirt (b) pencil (c) banana
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) doctor (b) biology (c) together
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “friend”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
22. 22.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) imagination (b) potato (c) alligator
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “grandmother”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) mango (b) stretch (c) electricity
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “animal”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) refrigerator (b) photography (c) water
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) answer (b) television (c) hospital
36. 36.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) information (b) water (c) asked
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “river”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
40. 40.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) square (b) water (c) hippopotamus

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