Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 364 · 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 part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
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) live (b) a
4. 4.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
5. 5.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
6. 6.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
7. 7.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
8. 8.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
9. 9.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cor (b) rect
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) pizza (c) problem
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) season (c) awake
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) problem (c) today
13. 13.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
14. 14.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
15. 15.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
16. 16.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
17. 17.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) correct (c) comma
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) police (c) lesson
20. 20.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
21. 21.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) open (c) balloon
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) again (c) panda
24. 24.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
25. 25.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) salad (c) drama
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cobra (b) correct (c) asleep
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) alive (c) pizza
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) correct (b) extra (c) lemon
30. 30.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
31. 31.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
32. 32.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) balloon (c) open
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) extra (c) correct
35. 35.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
36. 36.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
37. 37.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) method (b) asleep (c) police
39. 39.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) awake (c) sofa

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