Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 771 · 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) awake (c) cactus
2. 2.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) lemon (c) asleep
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) suppose (b) sofa (c) cobra
5. 5.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
6. 6.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cus (b) fo
7. 7.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
8. 8.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) live (b) a
9. 9.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
10. 10.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
11. 11.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
12. 12.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
13. 13.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) comma (c) today
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) support (c) problem
16. 16.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
17. 17.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) bonus (b) awake (c) about
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) focus (c) complete
20. 20.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
21. 21.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) around (c) sofa
23. 23.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
24. 24.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) lesson (c) polite
26. 26.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) seven (c) collect
28. 28.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
29. 29.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
30. 30.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
31. 31.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) complete (b) balloon (c) salad
33. 33.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) salad (c) cobra
35. 35.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) happen (c) balloon
37. 37.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
38. 38.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) bout
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) open (c) about
40. 40.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po

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