Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 309 · 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.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) zebra (b) polite (c) awake
3. 3.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
4. 4.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
5. 5.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
6. 6.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
7. 7.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
8. 8.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) happen (c) about
10. 10.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) correct (c) panda
12. 12.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) focus (c) ago
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) sofa (b) asleep (c) police
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) contain (c) lemon
16. 16.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
17. 17.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
18. 18.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
19. 19.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) alive (b) extra (c) cobra
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) happen (c) zebra
22. 22.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
23. 23.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tra (b) ex
24. 24.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
25. 25.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) collect (c) cactus
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) seven (b) about (c) contain
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) pizza (c) ago
29. 29.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) zebra (c) about
31. 31.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
32. 32.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
33. 33.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
34. 34.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
35. 35.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) support (c) pizza
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) today (c) season
38. 38.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
39. 39.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
40. 40.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) o (b) pen

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