Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 518 · 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) awake (b) method (c) ago
2. 2.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) alive (c) lesson
4. 4.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
5. 5.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) around (c) extra
7. 7.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
8. 8.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
9. 9.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) open (c) collect
11. 11.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
12. 12.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) about (b) lesson (c) drama
14. 14.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
15. 15.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) cobra (c) complete
17. 17.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
18. 18.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
19. 19.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
20. 20.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
21. 21.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) suppose (c) season
23. 23.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
24. 24.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) ma
25. 25.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
26. 26.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
27. 27.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) salad (b) awake (c) correct
29. 29.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) bonus (c) alive
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) zebra (c) again
32. 32.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
33. 33.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sev (b) en
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) correct (c) pizza
35. 35.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) cactus (c) awake
37. 37.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
38. 38.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) around (c) season
40. 40.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake

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