Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 705 · 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 “invitation”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “hospital”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
3. 3.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) refrigerator (c) butterfly
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “watermelon”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 5
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “bright”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
6. 6.Listen and count the syllables in “cricket”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
9. 9.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) vocabulary (b) window (c) calculator
11. 11.How many syllables (beats) are in “possibility”? (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
13. 13.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) jumped (b) conversation (c) window
14. 14.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) opportunity (b) happy (c) umbrella
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) sister (b) holiday (c) cloud
20. 20.How many syllables (beats) are in “water”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “jumped”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
22. 22.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) avocado (b) university (c) help
23. 23.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) possibility (b) world (c) little
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) butterfly (b) stretch (c) information
26. 26.Listen and count the syllables in “understanding”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
29. 29.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) rabbit (b) film (c) avocado
30. 30.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) holiday (b) little (c) conversation
31. 31.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
32. 32.How many syllables (beats) are in “child”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “teacher”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 1
34. 34.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) alligator (b) dinosaur (c) asked
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “wonderful”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2

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