Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 738 · 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) salad (b) around (c) problem
2. 2.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
3. 3.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) pizza (c) awake
5. 5.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) to (b) day
6. 6.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
7. 7.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
8. 8.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
9. 9.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) lemon (c) focus
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) extra (c) seven
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) panda (c) about
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) problem (b) around (c) complete
14. 14.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
15. 15.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
16. 16.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) problem (c) polite
18. 18.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
19. 19.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
20. 20.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) season (b) collect (c) about
22. 22.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) port
23. 23.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
24. 24.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po
25. 25.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
26. 26.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
27. 27.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) sofa (b) awake (c) ago
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) happen (c) complete
30. 30.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) zebra (c) again
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lesson (b) alive (c) contain
33. 33.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) za (b) piz
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) drama (c) ago
35. 35.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) comma (b) contain (c) again
37. 37.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) sleep
38. 38.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bo (b) nus
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) bonus (c) suppose
40. 40.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tra (b) ex

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