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Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 78 · 40 questions
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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).

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  1. 1.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) contain (c) comma
  2. 2.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
  3. 3.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
  4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) suppose (c) cobra
  5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) lesson (c) police
  6. 6.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po
  7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) open (c) salad
  8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) method (c) around
  9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) complete (c) extra
  10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) drama (b) again (c) police
  11. 11.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) gain
  12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) problem (c) around
  13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) ago (c) open
  14. 14.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
  15. 15.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
  16. 16.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
  17. 17.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
  18. 18.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) round (b) a
  19. 19.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
  20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) correct (b) drama (c) season
  21. 21.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
  22. 22.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
  23. 23.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
  24. 24.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
  25. 25.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
  26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) again (c) happen
  27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) pizza (c) awake
  28. 28.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
  29. 29.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
  30. 30.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
  31. 31.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
  32. 32.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
  33. 33.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) en (b) sev
  34. 34.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
  35. 35.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
  36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) focus (c) today
  37. 37.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) col (b) lect
  38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cobra (b) pizza (c) today
  39. 39.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
  40. 40.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa

Answer key

  1. contain
  2. pen
  3. sup
  4. cobra
  5. police
  6. po
  7. collect
  8. around
  9. complete
  10. drama
  11. a
  12. problem
  13. open
  14. da
  15. a
  16. on
  17. sup
  18. a
  19. con
  20. correct
  21. col
  22. lem
  23. ma
  24. sup
  25. cus
  26. again
  27. pizza
  28. po
  29. a
  30. a
  31. a
  32. tra
  33. en
  34. son
  35. po
  36. focus
  37. col
  38. today
  39. bra
  40. fa

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