Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 276 · 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) ago (b) lesson (c) police
2. 2.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
3. 3.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
4. 4.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) pizza (c) balloon
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) awake (b) drama (c) seven
7. 7.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
8. 8.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) meth (b) od
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) around (c) seven
10. 10.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lect (b) col
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) police (c) open
12. 12.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) contain (c) happen
14. 14.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
15. 15.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) suppose (c) around
17. 17.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) open (b) complete (c) police
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) salad (b) collect (c) awake
20. 20.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) method (c) alive
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) complete (c) cobra
23. 23.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) happen (c) alive
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) today (b) cobra (c) pizza
26. 26.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) problem (c) collect
28. 28.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) meth (b) od
29. 29.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
30. 30.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
31. 31.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
32. 32.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
33. 33.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
34. 34.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
35. 35.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) sofa (c) lesson
37. 37.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) problem (c) asleep
39. 39.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) contain (c) suppose

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