Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 724 · 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) suppose (b) cobra (c) open
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) complete (c) open
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) complete (c) lemon
4. 4.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
5. 5.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
6. 6.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
7. 7.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) on (b) lem
8. 8.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) focus (c) contain
10. 10.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) en (b) sev
11. 11.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
12. 12.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) season (c) sofa
14. 14.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) season (c) open
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) comma (c) around
17. 17.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
18. 18.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) asleep (c) about
20. 20.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
21. 21.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) les
22. 22.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) about (c) lesson
24. 24.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) asleep (c) panda
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) asleep (c) cobra
27. 27.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
28. 28.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) open (c) correct
30. 30.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
31. 31.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ad (b) sal
32. 32.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
33. 33.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
34. 34.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
35. 35.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) awake (b) method (c) open
37. 37.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) around (c) zebra
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) open (c) pizza
40. 40.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap

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