Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 537 · 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) cobra (b) focus (c) ago
2. 2.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) comma (c) suppose
4. 4.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) seven (c) contain
6. 6.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
7. 7.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
8. 8.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
9. 9.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) collect (c) extra
11. 11.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
12. 12.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
13. 13.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
14. 14.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
15. 15.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
16. 16.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) support (c) seven
18. 18.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
19. 19.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) on (b) lem
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) awake (c) method
21. 21.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) ago (c) cactus
23. 23.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) o (b) pen
24. 24.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pan (b) da
25. 25.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) lesson (c) balloon
27. 27.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) problem (c) ago
29. 29.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
30. 30.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) polite (c) bonus
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) contain (c) extra
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) support (c) correct
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) happen (b) alive (c) ago
35. 35.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
36. 36.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) zebra (c) correct
38. 38.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
39. 39.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) ago (c) panda

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