Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 725 · 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) zebra (b) again (c) panda
2. 2.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
3. 3.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) cobra (c) around
5. 5.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
6. 6.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
7. 7.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
8. 8.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
9. 9.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
10. 10.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) comma (c) today
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) correct (c) problem
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) salad (b) again (c) contain
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) cobra (c) contain
15. 15.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) about (c) focus
17. 17.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
18. 18.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
19. 19.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
20. 20.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) balloon (c) season
22. 22.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) contain (c) open
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) lemon (c) correct
25. 25.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
26. 26.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
27. 27.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
28. 28.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
29. 29.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
30. 30.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) sofa (b) support (c) correct
32. 32.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
33. 33.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) com
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) polite (c) extra
35. 35.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
36. 36.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
37. 37.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
38. 38.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) open (c) salad
40. 40.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea

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