Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 859 · 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) potato (b) bright (c) international
2. 2.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) tomato (b) asked (c) international
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “school”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
4. 4.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) river (b) help (c) important
5. 5.How many syllables (beats) are in “personality”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) window (b) tomato (c) plant
7. 7.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) together (b) photography (c) shirt
8. 8.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) avocado (b) table (c) asked
9. 9.How many syllables (beats) are in “square”? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
10. 10.Listen and count the syllables in “biology”. (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
11. 11.Listen and count the syllables in “caterpillar”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “girl”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5
13. 13.Listen and count the syllables in “window”. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1
14. 14.Listen and count the syllables in “activity”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) international (b) together (c) help
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “telephone”? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “butterfly”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “photography”. (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “girl”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
22. 22.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) newspaper (b) monkey (c) stretch
23. 23.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “computer”. (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
25. 25.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) electricity (b) help (c) mango
26. 26.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) plant (b) important (c) international
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4
28. 28.How many syllables (beats) are in “stretch”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
29. 29.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
30. 30.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “school”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
32. 32.Listen and count the syllables in “avocado”. (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1
33. 33.How many syllables (beats) are in “help”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 4
34. 34.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) shirt (b) opportunity (c) teacher
35. 35.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) helicopter (b) cloud (c) electricity
36. 36.How many syllables (beats) are in “watermelon”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “banana”. (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2
38. 38.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
39. 39.How many syllables (beats) are in “grandmother”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “shirt”. (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1

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