Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 724 · 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 “picture”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.How many syllables (beats) are in “photography”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
3. 3.Listen and count the syllables in “calculator”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
4. 4.Listen and count the syllables in “yesterday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “stretch”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
6. 6.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) alligator (b) imagination (c) important
7. 7.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) pencil (b) personality (c) photography
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “people”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
10. 10.How many syllables (beats) are in “picture”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “electricity”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
12. 12.Listen and count the syllables in “doctor”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) geography (b) vocabulary (c) cloud
14. 14.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) garden (b) computer (c) understanding
15. 15.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) world (b) possibility (c) telephone
16. 16.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “kangaroo”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
18. 18.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) paper (b) vocabulary (c) activity
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “hospital”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
20. 20.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) little (c) opportunity
21. 21.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) university (b) banana (c) school
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
23. 23.How many syllables (beats) are in “jumped”? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3
25. 25.Listen and count the syllables in “water”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “helicopter”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “alligator”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “examination”? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “invitation”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “sister”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
33. 33.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) help (b) water (c) hospital
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) television (c) cloud
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “hippopotamus”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “pencil”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “mango”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) helicopter (b) grandmother (c) film
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4

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