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Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 148 · 40 questions
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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).

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  1. 1.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
  2. 2.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
  3. 3.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
  4. 4.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) da (b) pan
  5. 5.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
  6. 6.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
  7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) comma (c) focus
  8. 8.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) to (b) day
  9. 9.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
  10. 10.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
  11. 11.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
  12. 12.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
  13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) about (c) ago
  14. 14.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
  15. 15.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
  16. 16.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
  17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) panda (c) around
  18. 18.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) o (b) pen
  19. 19.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
  20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) drama (c) sofa
  21. 21.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lect (b) col
  22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) zebra (b) awake (c) police
  23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) salad (b) about (c) today
  24. 24.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
  25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) pizza (c) about
  26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) extra (c) again
  27. 27.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) com
  28. 28.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
  29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) today (c) cobra
  30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) around (b) bonus (c) happen
  31. 31.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cus (b) fo
  32. 32.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
  33. 33.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
  34. 34.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
  35. 35.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
  36. 36.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
  37. 37.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
  38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) asleep (c) salad
  39. 39.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
  40. 40.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus

Answer key

  1. a
  2. ma
  3. pen
  4. da
  5. a
  6. cor
  7. police
  8. to
  9. to
  10. od
  11. cor
  12. lem
  13. focus
  14. tra
  15. a
  16. a
  17. panda
  18. pen
  19. com
  20. ago
  21. col
  22. zebra
  23. salad
  24. com
  25. about
  26. again
  27. ma
  28. nus
  29. cobra
  30. around
  31. cus
  32. bra
  33. son
  34. a
  35. a
  36. bra
  37. con
  38. asleep
  39. od
  40. tus

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