Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 662 · 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) asleep (b) season (c) ago
2. 2.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
3. 3.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
4. 4.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
5. 5.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) open (c) salad
7. 7.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) drama (b) alive (c) around
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) cobra (c) asleep
10. 10.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
11. 11.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) extra (c) about
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) again (b) lesson (c) pizza
14. 14.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
15. 15.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
16. 16.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
17. 17.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
18. 18.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
19. 19.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
20. 20.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
21. 21.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
22. 22.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) complete (c) pizza
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) polite (b) comma (c) problem
25. 25.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
26. 26.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) comma (c) correct
28. 28.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) en (b) sev
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) problem (c) today
30. 30.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
31. 31.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) extra (c) open
33. 33.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
34. 34.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
35. 35.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
36. 36.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) bonus (c) alive
38. 38.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
39. 39.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) bonus (c) correct

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