Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 164 · 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) police (b) polite (c) lesson
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) sofa (c) again
3. 3.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
4. 4.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
5. 5.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) polite (b) extra (c) open
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) pizza (c) correct
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) awake (b) salad (c) lesson
9. 9.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) comma (c) contain
11. 11.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) awake (c) happen
13. 13.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
14. 14.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
15. 15.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
16. 16.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) go
17. 17.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
18. 18.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
19. 19.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
20. 20.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
21. 21.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
22. 22.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
23. 23.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
24. 24.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) about (b) comma (c) problem
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) contain (c) lesson
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) support (c) cobra
28. 28.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
29. 29.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
30. 30.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) ma
31. 31.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) correct (c) cactus
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) police (c) method
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) drama (c) around
35. 35.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
36. 36.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) plete (b) com
37. 37.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
38. 38.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) today (c) extra
40. 40.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap

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