Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 240 · 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 “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
2. 2.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
3. 3.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
4. 4.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
5. 5.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) drama (c) correct
7. 7.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
8. 8.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) bout
9. 9.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
10. 10.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) asleep (c) seven
12. 12.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) suppose (b) drama (c) pizza
14. 14.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
15. 15.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
16. 16.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) o
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) ago (c) panda
18. 18.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) drama (c) polite
20. 20.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) asleep (c) around
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) sofa (c) police
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) again (c) drama
24. 24.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) com
25. 25.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) comma (c) again
27. 27.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) zebra (c) complete
29. 29.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) today (c) open
31. 31.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
32. 32.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
33. 33.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po
34. 34.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) extra (c) support
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) drama (c) season
37. 37.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
38. 38.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
39. 39.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) ago (c) comma

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