Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 17 · 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) salad (b) around (c) again
2. 2.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) support (c) extra
4. 4.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
5. 5.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) o
6. 6.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) season (c) pizza
8. 8.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
9. 9.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
10. 10.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
11. 11.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) da (b) pan
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) open (c) problem
13. 13.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
14. 14.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
15. 15.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
16. 16.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
17. 17.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cactus (b) about (c) balloon
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) comma (c) awake
20. 20.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) zebra (c) contain
22. 22.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
23. 23.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) around (c) bonus
25. 25.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) problem (c) police
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) seven (b) awake (c) asleep
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) alive (c) cactus
29. 29.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
30. 30.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
31. 31.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
32. 32.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) focus (c) ago
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) problem (c) today
35. 35.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
36. 36.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) problem (c) balloon
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) happen (c) about
39. 39.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) ma
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) awake (c) alive

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