Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 732 · 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) complete (b) awake (c) method
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) alive (c) sofa
3. 3.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
4. 4.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
5. 5.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
6. 6.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) asleep (c) comma
8. 8.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) drama (c) asleep
10. 10.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
11. 11.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
12. 12.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
13. 13.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
14. 14.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
15. 15.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
16. 16.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) bonus (c) cactus
18. 18.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) happen (c) about
20. 20.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
21. 21.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cactus (b) alive (c) asleep
23. 23.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) support (c) panda
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) comma (c) lesson
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) season (c) today
27. 27.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
28. 28.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
29. 29.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
30. 30.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
31. 31.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
32. 32.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
33. 33.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) o
34. 34.Which part of “com-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) ma
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) zebra (c) correct
36. 36.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
37. 37.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) awake (c) pizza
39. 39.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
40. 40.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor

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