Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 644 · 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) open (b) contain (c) around
2. 2.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
3. 3.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
4. 4.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) pizza (c) suppose
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) comma (c) asleep
7. 7.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) collect (c) season
9. 9.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
10. 10.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) gain
11. 11.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
12. 12.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) season (c) about
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cobra (b) police (c) about
15. 15.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) gain
16. 16.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
17. 17.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) method (c) police
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) again (b) happen (c) cactus
20. 20.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) comma (c) complete
22. 22.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
23. 23.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) happen (c) asleep
25. 25.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) ma
26. 26.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
27. 27.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
28. 28.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
29. 29.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
30. 30.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
31. 31.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
32. 32.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) on (b) lem
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) extra (b) around (c) police
34. 34.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
35. 35.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
36. 36.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cactus (b) balloon (c) asleep
38. 38.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) ago (c) problem
40. 40.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect

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