Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 346 · 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) around (b) correct (c) sofa
2. 2.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
3. 3.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
4. 4.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
5. 5.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bo (b) nus
6. 6.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) awake (c) around
8. 8.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) ma
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) zebra (b) again (c) contain
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) happen (c) complete
11. 11.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) focus (c) ago
13. 13.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
14. 14.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tra (b) ex
15. 15.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
16. 16.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
17. 17.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) contain (c) problem
19. 19.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) plete (b) com
20. 20.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
21. 21.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
22. 22.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) panda (c) ago
24. 24.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
25. 25.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
26. 26.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
27. 27.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
28. 28.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) lemon (c) again
30. 30.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
31. 31.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
32. 32.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
33. 33.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) lesson (c) bonus
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) alive (c) open
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) collect (c) cobra
37. 37.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) o
38. 38.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
39. 39.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) police (c) cactus

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