Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 860 · 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) pizza (b) contain (c) alive
2. 2.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
3. 3.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
4. 4.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) polite (c) cactus
6. 6.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) happen (c) ago
8. 8.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
9. 9.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) wake
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) about (c) sofa
11. 11.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
12. 12.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) lesson (c) alive
14. 14.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) balloon (c) method
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) alive (c) cobra
17. 17.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
18. 18.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
19. 19.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cus (b) fo
20. 20.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) complete (c) salad
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) balloon (c) open
23. 23.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
24. 24.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) season (c) asleep
26. 26.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lite
27. 27.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ad (b) sal
28. 28.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) bout
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) alive (c) cactus
30. 30.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bal (b) loon
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) ago (c) lesson
32. 32.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) suppose (b) lemon (c) panda
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) focus (c) polite
35. 35.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
36. 36.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
37. 37.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
38. 38.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
39. 39.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
40. 40.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tra (b) ex

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