Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 143 · 40 questions

How to say it (Weak beats say “uh”): Find the strong syllable first: a-BOUT, LEM-on. Say the weak syllable quickly and lightly as “uh”: uh-BOUT, LEM-un. Any vowel letter can be a schwa: about (a), seven (e), lemon (o), support (u).

1. 1.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) about (c) seven
2. 2.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) com
3. 3.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
4. 4.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) salad (c) alive
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lesson (b) polite (c) today
7. 7.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
8. 8.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) salad (c) polite
10. 10.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
11. 11.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
12. 12.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) zebra (c) ago
14. 14.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
15. 15.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) bonus (b) contain (c) support
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) happen (b) about (c) ago
18. 18.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) gain
19. 19.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
20. 20.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
21. 21.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) seven (c) collect
23. 23.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
24. 24.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) meth (b) od
25. 25.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
26. 26.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lite
27. 27.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) ago (c) open
29. 29.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) method (c) cactus
31. 31.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
32. 32.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) drama (b) ago (c) correct
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) extra (c) alive
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) correct (b) salad (c) pizza
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) around (c) method
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) suppose (c) lemon
38. 38.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
39. 39.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) comma (c) pizza

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