Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 322 · 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) zebra (b) asleep (c) focus
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) method (c) around
3. 3.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cor (b) rect
4. 4.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
5. 5.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
6. 6.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
7. 7.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
8. 8.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) co
9. 9.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
10. 10.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
11. 11.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
12. 12.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) sofa (c) ago
14. 14.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
15. 15.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
16. 16.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) focus (c) asleep
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) lemon (c) about
19. 19.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) gain
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) complete (c) extra
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) season (c) asleep
22. 22.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) alive (b) season (c) lesson
24. 24.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) meth (b) od
25. 25.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
26. 26.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) police (c) open
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) seven (c) collect
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) balloon (c) comma
30. 30.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) seven (c) contain
32. 32.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
33. 33.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
34. 34.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
35. 35.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
36. 36.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
37. 37.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
38. 38.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) salad (c) around
40. 40.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lice

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