Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 501 · 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 “pencil”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “international”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “potato”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 4
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “film”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “activity”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) important (b) invitation (c) personality
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) kangaroo (b) cricket (c) square
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) child (c) rabbit
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) cricket (b) vocabulary (c) holiday
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “wonderful”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
29. 29.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) help (b) geography (c) hippopotamus
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) banana (c) stretch
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “yellow”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “plant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
37. 37.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) biology (b) umbrella (c) answer
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “international”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) university (b) animal (c) activity

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