Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 661 · 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) salad (b) collect (c) open
2. 2.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
3. 3.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
4. 4.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
5. 5.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) correct (b) comma (c) panda
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) asleep (c) problem
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) sofa (c) lemon
9. 9.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) port
10. 10.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
11. 11.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) les
12. 12.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
13. 13.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cor (b) rect
14. 14.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
15. 15.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
16. 16.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) da (b) pan
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) season (b) about (c) contain
18. 18.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) polite (c) method
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) lemon (c) suppose
21. 21.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
22. 22.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
23. 23.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
24. 24.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tra (b) ex
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) salad (c) suppose
26. 26.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) on (b) lem
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) seven (b) ago (c) complete
28. 28.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
29. 29.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
30. 30.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
31. 31.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
32. 32.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
33. 33.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
34. 34.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
35. 35.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
36. 36.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
37. 37.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) panda (c) suppose
39. 39.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) ago (c) open

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