Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 8 · 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 “holiday”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
2. 2.Listen and count the syllables in “table”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “conversation”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “butterfly”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “vocabulary”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) hospital (b) plant (c) cricket
7. 7.Listen and count the syllables in “help”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) curiosity (b) beautiful (c) square
9. 9.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) elephant (b) cloud (c) monkey
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) square (c) university
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
12. 12.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) important (b) mango (c) personality
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
14. 14.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) square (b) geography (c) table
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) potato (b) child (c) happy
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “kangaroo”? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
18. 18.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) film (b) hippopotamus (c) people
19. 19.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) monkey (b) newspaper (c) jumped
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “imagination”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
22. 22.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “opportunity”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 1
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) water (b) caterpillar (c) curiosity
26. 26.How many syllables (beats) are in “film”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
28. 28.Listen and count the syllables in “elephant”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
29. 29.How many syllables (beats) are in “opportunity”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “table”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
31. 31.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) yesterday (b) picture (c) imagination
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “refrigerator”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 5
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “together”? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5
35. 35.How many syllables (beats) are in “cloud”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “rabbit”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “picture”. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “banana”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4
39. 39.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) dinosaur (b) international (c) doctor
40. 40.How many syllables (beats) are in “answer”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4

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