Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 849 · 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) balloon (b) problem (c) again
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) around (b) extra (c) method
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) about (c) cactus
4. 4.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
5. 5.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) bout
6. 6.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
7. 7.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
8. 8.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) cobra (c) police
10. 10.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) en (b) sev
11. 11.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) on (b) lem
12. 12.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) zebra (b) support (c) about
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) cobra (c) police
14. 14.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
15. 15.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
16. 16.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
17. 17.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
18. 18.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
19. 19.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
20. 20.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
21. 21.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) prob (b) lem
22. 22.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
23. 23.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
24. 24.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
25. 25.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
26. 26.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po
27. 27.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
28. 28.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cus (b) fo
29. 29.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) lemon (c) ago
31. 31.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) ma
32. 32.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
33. 33.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
34. 34.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
35. 35.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
36. 36.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) cactus (c) method
38. 38.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) happen (b) about (c) correct
40. 40.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze

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