Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 223 · 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) ago (b) suppose (c) salad
2. 2.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
3. 3.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
4. 4.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
5. 5.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) extra (c) alive
7. 7.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
8. 8.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) ago (c) cactus
10. 10.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
11. 11.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
12. 12.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
13. 13.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
14. 14.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
15. 15.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) com
16. 16.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) ma
17. 17.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) around (c) lesson
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) seven (c) alive
20. 20.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
21. 21.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) police (c) panda
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) happen (c) collect
24. 24.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
25. 25.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
26. 26.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) open (c) balloon
28. 28.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) asleep (c) salad
30. 30.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
31. 31.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
32. 32.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) awake (b) sofa (c) cobra
34. 34.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) panda (b) lemon (c) support
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) zebra (c) suppose
37. 37.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
38. 38.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
39. 39.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) today (b) comma (c) problem

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