Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 288 · 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) alive (b) asleep (c) open
2. 2.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) alive (c) drama
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) panda (c) today
5. 5.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
6. 6.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
7. 7.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
8. 8.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) panda (b) around (c) cactus
10. 10.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
11. 11.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
12. 12.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
13. 13.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) method (b) awake (c) again
15. 15.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
16. 16.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cus (b) fo
17. 17.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) gain
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) comma (c) happen
19. 19.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
20. 20.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) ago (c) alive
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) zebra (c) around
23. 23.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) ma
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) pizza (c) cobra
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) pizza (c) balloon
26. 26.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
27. 27.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
28. 28.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
29. 29.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lite
30. 30.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
31. 31.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) salad (c) police
33. 33.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
34. 34.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
35. 35.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) problem (c) support
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) polite (c) problem
38. 38.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
39. 39.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
40. 40.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac

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