Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 561 · 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 part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
2. 2.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) ago (c) pizza
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) salad (c) correct
5. 5.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
6. 6.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
7. 7.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
8. 8.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
9. 9.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
10. 10.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
11. 11.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
12. 12.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
13. 13.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
14. 14.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
15. 15.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
16. 16.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) cobra (c) support
18. 18.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
19. 19.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) about (b) extra (c) cactus
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) ago (c) lesson
22. 22.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) polite (b) happen (c) season
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) focus (c) again
25. 25.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) lesson (c) cactus
27. 27.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
28. 28.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) correct (c) panda
30. 30.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
31. 31.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) panda (b) again (c) about
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) around (b) focus (c) zebra
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) problem (b) collect (c) about
35. 35.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) lemon (c) collect
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) zebra (b) suppose (c) around
38. 38.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) around (c) cobra
40. 40.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan

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