Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 692 · 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) support (b) contain (c) comma
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) again (c) support
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) method (c) balloon
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) method (c) today
5. 5.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
6. 6.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) seven (c) around
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) ago (c) pizza
9. 9.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cor (b) rect
10. 10.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) ago (c) cactus
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) ago (c) cobra
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) panda (c) season
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) bonus (c) ago
15. 15.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
16. 16.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) sleep
17. 17.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
18. 18.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) ma
19. 19.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
20. 20.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
21. 21.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
22. 22.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cactus (b) again (c) complete
24. 24.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
25. 25.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
26. 26.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
27. 27.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) about (c) problem
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) extra (b) about (c) around
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) problem (c) around
31. 31.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
32. 32.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) sofa (c) police
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) today (c) seven
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) extra (c) suppose
36. 36.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
37. 37.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tra (b) ex
38. 38.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) awake (c) about
40. 40.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port

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