Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 683 · 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 1 syllable? (a) school (b) helicopter (c) paper
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
5. 5.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) jumped (c) mango
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) activity (b) river (c) cloud
8. 8.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “important”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) animal (b) mango (c) shirt
15. 15.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
17. 17.How many syllables (beats) are in “happy”? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) curiosity (c) child
19. 19.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) potato (b) imagination (c) film
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
21. 21.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “beautiful”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
24. 24.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.How many syllables (beats) are in “shirt”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
26. 26.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) calculator (b) little (c) banana
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “together”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “electricity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “conversation”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “possibility”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “helicopter”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
34. 34.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “potato”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
36. 36.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) cloud (b) vocabulary (c) butterfly
37. 37.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “yellow”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “computer”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1

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