Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 525 · 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) around (b) lemon (c) problem
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) ago (c) happen
3. 3.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) go
4. 4.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lice
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) suppose (c) collect
6. 6.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
7. 7.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) extra (c) alive
9. 9.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) polite (c) cobra
11. 11.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
12. 12.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
13. 13.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) zebra (c) salad
15. 15.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
16. 16.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
17. 17.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cor (b) rect
18. 18.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
19. 19.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
20. 20.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) lemon (c) awake
22. 22.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) en (b) sev
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) cobra (c) asleep
24. 24.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
25. 25.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
26. 26.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) lesson (c) suppose
28. 28.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) gain
29. 29.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) bonus (c) polite
31. 31.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) com
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) suppose (c) awake
33. 33.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lect (b) col
34. 34.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ad (b) sal
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) lesson (c) about
36. 36.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
37. 37.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
38. 38.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
39. 39.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
40. 40.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a

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