Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 540 · 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) polite (b) season (c) bonus
2. 2.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
3. 3.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
4. 4.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) zebra (c) ago
6. 6.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) gain
7. 7.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
8. 8.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) lesson (c) asleep
10. 10.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
11. 11.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
12. 12.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
13. 13.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) meth (b) od
14. 14.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) cactus (c) police
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) problem (c) awake
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) around (c) sofa
18. 18.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
19. 19.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
20. 20.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
21. 21.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
22. 22.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) drama (b) suppose (c) police
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) asleep (c) bonus
25. 25.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
26. 26.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
27. 27.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
28. 28.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
29. 29.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
30. 30.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) cobra (c) support
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) today (b) extra (c) salad
33. 33.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
34. 34.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
35. 35.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) alive (c) seven
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) drama (c) again
38. 38.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) suppose (b) comma (c) happen
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) balloon (c) focus

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