Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 382 · 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 “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) again (c) cactus
3. 3.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
4. 4.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
5. 5.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
6. 6.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
7. 7.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
8. 8.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) zebra (c) extra
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) polite (b) bonus (c) zebra
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) method (c) alive
12. 12.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) asleep (c) extra
14. 14.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
15. 15.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
16. 16.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
17. 17.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
18. 18.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) com
19. 19.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) contain (c) lesson
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) about (c) zebra
22. 22.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
23. 23.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) correct (c) lemon
25. 25.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) go
26. 26.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
27. 27.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
28. 28.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) o (b) pen
29. 29.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) plete (b) com
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) panda (b) again (c) open
31. 31.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
32. 32.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
33. 33.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
34. 34.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
35. 35.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) today (c) cactus
37. 37.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) asleep (c) seven
39. 39.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lice
40. 40.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da

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