Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 694 · 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) collect (b) today (c) drama
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) problem (c) complete
3. 3.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
4. 4.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
5. 5.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
6. 6.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
7. 7.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
8. 8.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) complete (c) bonus
10. 10.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) cactus (c) support
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) problem (c) asleep
13. 13.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
14. 14.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
15. 15.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
16. 16.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) o (b) pen
17. 17.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) port
18. 18.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
19. 19.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
20. 20.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
21. 21.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
22. 22.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) happen (b) alive (c) suppose
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) alive (c) comma
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) awake (c) method
26. 26.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cus (b) fo
27. 27.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) comma (c) again
29. 29.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
30. 30.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
31. 31.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
32. 32.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
33. 33.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) cactus (c) contain
35. 35.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) happen (c) collect
37. 37.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) cactus (c) today
39. 39.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
40. 40.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) to (b) day

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