Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 261 · 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) collect (b) contain (c) cactus
2. 2.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
3. 3.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) balloon (c) sofa
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) bonus (c) around
6. 6.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) about (c) cactus
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) again (b) panda (c) happen
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) extra (c) police
10. 10.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) correct (b) lesson (c) problem
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) extra (c) ago
13. 13.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
14. 14.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) method (c) polite
16. 16.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
17. 17.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
18. 18.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
19. 19.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
20. 20.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) lemon (c) suppose
22. 22.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) suppose (c) lemon
24. 24.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
25. 25.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
26. 26.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) go
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) problem (c) around
28. 28.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) panda (b) contain (c) sofa
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) sofa (c) about
31. 31.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
32. 32.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
33. 33.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
34. 34.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
35. 35.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) lemon (c) alive
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) asleep (c) method
38. 38.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
39. 39.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pan (b) da
40. 40.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup

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