Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 238 · 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) again (b) cactus (c) polite
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) correct (b) sofa (c) happen
3. 3.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
4. 4.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) about (b) drama (c) panda
6. 6.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) awake (c) comma
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) open (b) asleep (c) police
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) open (c) alive
10. 10.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
11. 11.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) collect (c) happen
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) ago (c) salad
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) again (c) cobra
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) balloon (c) happen
16. 16.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ad (b) sal
17. 17.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
18. 18.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
19. 19.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
20. 20.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) method (b) collect (c) balloon
22. 22.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
23. 23.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bo (b) nus
24. 24.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) problem (c) awake
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) around (c) pizza
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) collect (c) correct
28. 28.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) gain
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) drama (c) panda
30. 30.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
31. 31.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) da (b) pan
32. 32.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
33. 33.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
34. 34.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
35. 35.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
36. 36.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
37. 37.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
38. 38.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
39. 39.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
40. 40.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a

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