Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 337 · 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) balloon (b) extra (c) support
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) collect (c) sofa
3. 3.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) balloon (c) awake
5. 5.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
6. 6.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) cactus (c) balloon
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) around (b) method (c) problem
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) about (c) cactus
10. 10.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
11. 11.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
12. 12.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
13. 13.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) comma (b) collect (c) ago
15. 15.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) bout
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) happen (b) balloon (c) awake
17. 17.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
18. 18.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
19. 19.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cus (b) fo
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) sofa (c) correct
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) problem (c) police
22. 22.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) contain (c) salad
24. 24.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) focus (c) awake
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) alive (c) method
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) polite (c) extra
28. 28.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
29. 29.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
30. 30.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
31. 31.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) com
32. 32.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
33. 33.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
34. 34.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
35. 35.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) focus (c) around
37. 37.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) o
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) method (c) asleep
39. 39.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) contain (c) pizza

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