Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 825 · 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 LAST syllable? (a) support (b) again (c) season
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) alive (c) panda
3. 3.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
4. 4.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
5. 5.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po
6. 6.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
7. 7.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) to (b) day
8. 8.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
9. 9.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
10. 10.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
11. 11.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) extra (b) again (c) alive
13. 13.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) meth (b) od
14. 14.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
15. 15.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cor (b) rect
16. 16.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) complete (c) panda
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) about (b) salad (c) lesson
19. 19.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) correct (c) open
21. 21.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) today (c) focus
23. 23.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) zebra (c) around
25. 25.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) en (b) sev
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) problem (c) pizza
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) police (c) lemon
28. 28.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
29. 29.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
30. 30.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
31. 31.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
32. 32.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) on (b) lem
33. 33.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) contain (b) lesson (c) open
35. 35.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) again (c) salad
37. 37.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
38. 38.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) around (c) focus
40. 40.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra

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