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Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 80 · 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 LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) problem (c) again
  2. 2.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
  3. 3.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
  4. 4.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) port
  5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) lemon (c) suppose
  6. 6.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
  7. 7.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) en (b) sev
  8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) cobra (c) ago
  9. 9.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
  10. 10.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
  11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) awake (c) extra
  12. 12.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
  13. 13.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
  14. 14.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
  15. 15.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lect (b) col
  16. 16.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
  17. 17.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) gain
  18. 18.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
  19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) salad (b) support (c) alive
  20. 20.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
  21. 21.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
  22. 22.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
  23. 23.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ad (b) sal
  24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) zebra (c) lemon
  25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) pizza (c) bonus
  26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) today (c) method
  27. 27.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
  28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) today (c) open
  29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) salad (c) cobra
  30. 30.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) sleep
  31. 31.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cus (b) fo
  32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) cobra (c) cactus
  33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) balloon (c) contain
  34. 34.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
  35. 35.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
  36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) comma (b) contain (c) police
  37. 37.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) wake
  38. 38.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) go
  39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) comma (c) panda
  40. 40.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) ma

Answer key

  1. problem
  2. on
  3. cus
  4. sup
  5. suppose
  6. a
  7. en
  8. cobra
  9. a
  10. con
  11. extra
  12. a
  13. son
  14. nus
  15. col
  16. cor
  17. a
  18. a
  19. salad
  20. bra
  21. a
  22. to
  23. ad
  24. ago
  25. collect
  26. method
  27. lem
  28. open
  29. complete
  30. a
  31. cus
  32. asleep
  33. focus
  34. to
  35. lem
  36. comma
  37. a
  38. a
  39. support
  40. ma

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