Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 407 · 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) happen (c) correct
2. 2.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
3. 3.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
4. 4.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
5. 5.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
6. 6.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
7. 7.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) lesson (c) balloon
9. 9.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
10. 10.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) support (c) season
12. 12.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) pizza (c) correct
14. 14.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) balloon (c) lesson
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) around (c) cactus
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) sofa (c) ago
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) around (c) happen
19. 19.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
20. 20.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
21. 21.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) correct (c) extra
23. 23.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) suppose (c) focus
25. 25.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
26. 26.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
27. 27.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) meth (b) od
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) about (c) lemon
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) today (c) extra
30. 30.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) sleep
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) comma (c) complete
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) complete (c) comma
33. 33.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) les
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) zebra (b) today (c) asleep
35. 35.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) za (b) piz
36. 36.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lect (b) col
37. 37.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
38. 38.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) pizza (c) contain
40. 40.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect

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