Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 740 · 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) happen (b) season (c) today
2. 2.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
3. 3.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
4. 4.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
5. 5.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) lemon (c) suppose
7. 7.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) cactus (c) problem
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) complete (c) pizza
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) asleep (c) bonus
11. 11.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) extra (c) awake
13. 13.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
14. 14.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
15. 15.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
16. 16.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
17. 17.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pan (b) da
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) awake (c) zebra
19. 19.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) seven (c) about
21. 21.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) ago (c) drama
23. 23.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
24. 24.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
25. 25.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) bout
26. 26.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) en (b) sev
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) sofa (b) problem (c) again
28. 28.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
29. 29.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
30. 30.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) suppose (c) cobra
32. 32.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
33. 33.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
34. 34.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
35. 35.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
36. 36.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
37. 37.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) gain
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) focus (c) method
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) open (b) asleep (c) contain
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) panda (c) support

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