Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 34 · 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) season (b) contain (c) panda
2. 2.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
3. 3.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) problem (c) seven
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) alive (c) pizza
6. 6.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) comma (c) ago
8. 8.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
9. 9.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) plete (b) com
10. 10.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
11. 11.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cus (b) fo
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) again (c) pizza
13. 13.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cus (b) fo
14. 14.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) support (c) open
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) correct (c) season
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) collect (c) extra
18. 18.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) lesson (c) about
20. 20.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
21. 21.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
22. 22.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
23. 23.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
24. 24.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
25. 25.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
26. 26.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
27. 27.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) today (c) salad
29. 29.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) asleep (c) drama
31. 31.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
32. 32.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
33. 33.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) problem (c) ago
35. 35.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) about (b) zebra (c) sofa
37. 37.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
38. 38.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) correct (c) sofa
40. 40.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da

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