Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 401 · 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) problem (c) suppose
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) awake (c) panda
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) around (c) cactus
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) balloon (c) cobra
5. 5.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
6. 6.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) comma (c) alive
8. 8.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
9. 9.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
10. 10.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
11. 11.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
12. 12.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
13. 13.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
14. 14.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) balloon (c) seven
16. 16.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
17. 17.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
18. 18.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
19. 19.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
20. 20.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
21. 21.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
22. 22.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
23. 23.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
24. 24.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) correct (c) zebra
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) panda (c) around
27. 27.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
28. 28.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
29. 29.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ad (b) sal
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) today (c) focus
31. 31.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) again (b) drama (c) lemon
33. 33.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
34. 34.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) about (c) happen
36. 36.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) bonus (c) cactus
38. 38.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) on (b) lem
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) seven (c) cobra
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) correct (c) drama

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