Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 653 · 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 FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) zebra (c) comma
2. 2.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pan (b) da
3. 3.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
4. 4.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) en (b) sev
5. 5.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) drama (c) support
7. 7.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
8. 8.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) happen (b) balloon (c) support
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) panda (c) polite
11. 11.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) to (b) day
12. 12.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
13. 13.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) sleep
14. 14.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
15. 15.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
16. 16.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
17. 17.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) collect (c) open
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) ago (c) cobra
20. 20.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) lesson (c) suppose
22. 22.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
23. 23.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
24. 24.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
25. 25.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
26. 26.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) ma
27. 27.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) method (c) around
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) about (c) alive
30. 30.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) co
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) again (c) zebra
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) problem (c) comma
33. 33.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
34. 34.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) polite (c) drama
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) alive (c) salad
37. 37.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) again (c) method
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) focus (c) contain
40. 40.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice

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