Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 440 · 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) focus (b) seven (c) balloon
2. 2.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) zebra (b) awake (c) balloon
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) polite (c) cactus
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) collect (c) method
6. 6.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
7. 7.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lect (b) col
8. 8.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
9. 9.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
10. 10.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
11. 11.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
12. 12.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) lesson (c) complete
14. 14.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) pizza (c) cobra
16. 16.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
17. 17.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
18. 18.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
19. 19.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
20. 20.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
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) complete (b) seven (c) polite
23. 23.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) suppose (c) problem
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) alive (c) cobra
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) support (c) problem
27. 27.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
28. 28.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) police (c) bonus
30. 30.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lice
31. 31.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) les
32. 32.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lite
33. 33.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) awake (c) method
35. 35.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) again (b) lemon (c) cactus
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) about (c) extra
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) bonus (c) ago
39. 39.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) en (b) sev
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) extra (b) awake (c) correct

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