Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 150 · 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) focus (b) collect (c) awake
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) again (c) method
3. 3.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) les
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) open (b) suppose (c) polite
5. 5.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
6. 6.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) cactus (c) polite
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) pizza (c) cobra
9. 9.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) cobra (c) complete
11. 11.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
12. 12.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) today (c) lemon
14. 14.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) seven (c) today
16. 16.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sev (b) en
17. 17.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
18. 18.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
19. 19.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
20. 20.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
21. 21.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
22. 22.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) extra (b) support (c) asleep
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) salad (c) asleep
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) lesson (c) again
26. 26.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
27. 27.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
28. 28.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pan (b) da
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) about (c) seven
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) sofa (b) about (c) support
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) zebra (c) complete
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) suppose (b) sofa (c) open
33. 33.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
34. 34.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
35. 35.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) lesson (c) suppose
37. 37.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) bonus (b) around (c) balloon
39. 39.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
40. 40.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap

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