Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 217 · 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 part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
2. 2.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
3. 3.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cus (b) fo
4. 4.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) sleep
5. 5.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
6. 6.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) around (b) sofa (c) lemon
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) open (c) polite
9. 9.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) bout
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) again (c) pizza
11. 11.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
12. 12.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) salad (b) asleep (c) ago
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) collect (c) around
15. 15.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
16. 16.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) panda (c) asleep
18. 18.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) polite (c) drama
20. 20.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) bonus (c) contain
22. 22.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
23. 23.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) en (b) sev
24. 24.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
25. 25.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) awake (b) sofa (c) lesson
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) correct (c) happen
28. 28.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) problem (c) focus
30. 30.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
31. 31.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) to (b) day
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) focus (c) pizza
33. 33.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
34. 34.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
35. 35.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
36. 36.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
37. 37.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
38. 38.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) asleep (c) sofa
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) about (c) cactus

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