Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 230 · 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 FIRST syllable? (a) panda (b) around (c) open
2. 2.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) about (c) drama
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) correct (c) zebra
5. 5.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) focus (c) support
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) extra (c) asleep
8. 8.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
9. 9.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
10. 10.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
11. 11.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) method (c) open
13. 13.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) co
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) contain (c) method
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) season (b) complete (c) correct
16. 16.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) seven (c) again
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) correct (c) cobra
19. 19.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
20. 20.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
21. 21.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
22. 22.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
23. 23.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bo (b) nus
24. 24.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) zebra (c) collect
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) lemon (c) again
27. 27.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) happen (c) asleep
29. 29.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) again (c) today
31. 31.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
32. 32.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
33. 33.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
34. 34.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
35. 35.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) contain (c) open
37. 37.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
38. 38.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) zebra (c) lemon
40. 40.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a

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