Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 851 · 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) asleep (b) cobra (c) awake
2. 2.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) awake (b) happen (c) cobra
4. 4.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
5. 5.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lite
6. 6.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) police (c) bonus
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) lesson (c) police
9. 9.Listen to “alive”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) live
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) support (c) zebra
11. 11.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
12. 12.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) polite (c) sofa
14. 14.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
15. 15.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
16. 16.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) about (c) panda
18. 18.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
19. 19.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
20. 20.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) on
21. 21.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) focus (b) police (c) awake
23. 23.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
24. 24.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
25. 25.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) happen (c) about
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) polite (c) bonus
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) comma (c) ago
29. 29.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
30. 30.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
31. 31.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
32. 32.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
33. 33.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cus (b) fo
34. 34.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lice
35. 35.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
36. 36.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) cactus (c) bonus
38. 38.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) support (c) lemon
40. 40.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout

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