Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 571 · 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-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
2. 2.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
3. 3.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) about (c) comma
5. 5.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
6. 6.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) seven (c) lemon
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) alive (c) season
9. 9.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
10. 10.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
11. 11.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
12. 12.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sev (b) en
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) salad (c) alive
14. 14.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
15. 15.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) ago (c) cactus
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) again (b) open (c) panda
18. 18.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
19. 19.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) sofa (c) correct
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) bonus (b) alive (c) suppose
22. 22.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
23. 23.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) complete (c) method
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) polite (c) zebra
26. 26.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
27. 27.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
28. 28.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
29. 29.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
30. 30.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
31. 31.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
32. 32.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) polite (c) cactus
34. 34.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
35. 35.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
36. 36.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
37. 37.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pan (b) da
38. 38.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) on (b) lem
39. 39.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
40. 40.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za

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