Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 304 · 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) comma (b) ago (c) problem
2. 2.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) extra (c) awake
4. 4.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) za (b) piz
5. 5.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) seven (b) about (c) balloon
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) again (c) season
8. 8.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
9. 9.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) method (b) suppose (c) police
11. 11.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
12. 12.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
13. 13.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) panda (b) today (c) about
15. 15.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
16. 16.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
17. 17.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) cactus (c) contain
19. 19.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) collect (c) lesson
21. 21.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) police (c) lemon
23. 23.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) support (c) cactus
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) asleep (c) drama
26. 26.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) happen (c) suppose
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) happen (c) asleep
29. 29.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) meth (b) od
30. 30.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
31. 31.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
32. 32.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) plete (b) com
33. 33.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
34. 34.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) about (c) happen
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) cobra (c) today
37. 37.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) open (c) balloon
39. 39.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) ma
40. 40.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake

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