Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 548 · 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) suppose (b) focus (c) awake
2. 2.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) bonus (c) ago
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) complete (c) happen
5. 5.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
6. 6.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) sofa (c) asleep
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) sofa (b) balloon (c) asleep
9. 9.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
10. 10.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
11. 11.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
12. 12.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
13. 13.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) about (c) cactus
15. 15.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
16. 16.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
17. 17.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
18. 18.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) contain (c) zebra
20. 20.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
21. 21.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
22. 22.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) panda (c) again
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) pizza (c) awake
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) polite (c) extra
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) seven (c) today
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) comma (c) method
28. 28.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
29. 29.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
30. 30.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po
31. 31.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) cactus (c) zebra
33. 33.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) port
34. 34.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) drama (c) alive
36. 36.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lect (b) col
37. 37.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) les
38. 38.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
39. 39.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cus (b) fo
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) open (c) suppose

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