Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 315 · 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) again (b) asleep (c) season
2. 2.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) za (b) piz
3. 3.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
4. 4.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) lesson (c) today
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) panda (c) drama
7. 7.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
8. 8.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bo (b) nus
9. 9.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) co
10. 10.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
11. 11.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) alive (c) pizza
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) comma (c) zebra
14. 14.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
15. 15.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
16. 16.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) ma
17. 17.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
18. 18.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) salad (c) about
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) method (c) police
21. 21.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
22. 22.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) lesson (c) season
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) season (c) again
25. 25.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
26. 26.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
27. 27.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) gain
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) complete (c) season
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) polite (c) seven
30. 30.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
31. 31.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
32. 32.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) o
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) polite (c) focus
34. 34.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
35. 35.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) zebra (c) balloon
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) correct (b) lemon (c) pizza
38. 38.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
39. 39.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
40. 40.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con

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