Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 300 · 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 FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) extra (c) problem
2. 2.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) salad (c) alive
4. 4.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) open (b) ago (c) contain
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) sofa (c) today
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) suppose (b) cobra (c) bonus
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) alive (b) cobra (c) cactus
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) pizza (c) asleep
10. 10.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
11. 11.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
12. 12.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
13. 13.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
14. 14.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
15. 15.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cus (b) fo
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) ago (c) extra
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) balloon (c) cactus
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) open (c) happen
19. 19.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) comma (b) support (c) polite
21. 21.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) panda (b) open (c) complete
23. 23.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) again (b) happen (c) lesson
25. 25.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
26. 26.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) on (b) lem
27. 27.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) collect (c) problem
29. 29.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
30. 30.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
31. 31.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
32. 32.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) lemon (c) around
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) focus (c) asleep
35. 35.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) to (b) day
36. 36.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
37. 37.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
38. 38.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) about (b) cactus (c) lesson
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) happen (c) about

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