Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 246 · 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) problem (b) around (c) asleep
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) bonus (c) polite
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) season (b) complete (c) support
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) again (c) pizza
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) cobra (c) focus
6. 6.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) za (b) piz
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) lesson (c) around
8. 8.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
9. 9.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) asleep (c) seven
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) polite (c) focus
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) panda (c) contain
13. 13.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
14. 14.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
15. 15.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
16. 16.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po
17. 17.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
18. 18.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
19. 19.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
20. 20.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
21. 21.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
22. 22.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
23. 23.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
24. 24.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
25. 25.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
26. 26.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
27. 27.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) lemon (c) around
29. 29.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
30. 30.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
31. 31.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) co
32. 32.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) collect (c) extra
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) balloon (c) drama
35. 35.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
36. 36.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
37. 37.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
38. 38.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
39. 39.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) sleep
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) support (c) focus

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