Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 676 · 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 “kangaroo”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
2. 2.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) square (b) alligator (c) yesterday
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) cloud (b) elephant (c) geography
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “understanding”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) table (b) curiosity (c) strength
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “newspaper”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
11. 11.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) biology (c) friend
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
13. 13.How many syllables (beats) are in “world”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) information (b) world (c) important
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) potato (c) film
16. 16.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) caterpillar (b) school (c) potato
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “geography”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
18. 18.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yellow (b) possibility (c) grandmother
19. 19.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
20. 20.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) earth (b) possibility (c) caterpillar
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “personality”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
23. 23.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) umbrella (c) calculator
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “paper”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “garden”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “avocado”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “cricket”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) conversation (b) help (c) people
32. 32.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) elephant (b) alligator (c) rabbit
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “teacher”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) paper (b) yesterday (c) opportunity
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1

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