Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 63 · 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) extra (b) about (c) police
2. 2.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) support (c) lemon
4. 4.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) gain
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) salad (b) suppose (c) correct
6. 6.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
7. 7.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) about (c) comma
9. 9.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) contain (c) season
11. 11.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) correct (c) about
13. 13.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
14. 14.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) drama (c) bonus
16. 16.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
17. 17.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) around (b) lesson (c) zebra
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) salad (c) balloon
20. 20.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
21. 21.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
22. 22.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
23. 23.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) sofa (c) around
25. 25.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
26. 26.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
27. 27.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
28. 28.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) polite (c) comma
30. 30.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) ma
31. 31.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
32. 32.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
33. 33.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
34. 34.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
35. 35.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
36. 36.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) panda (b) correct (c) alive
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) zebra (b) support (c) about
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) problem (c) alive
40. 40.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port

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