Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 865 · 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 FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) ago (c) method
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) today (c) happen
3. 3.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
4. 4.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) round
5. 5.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) o (b) pen
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) panda (b) extra (c) about
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) collect (b) drama (c) pizza
8. 8.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
9. 9.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cor (b) rect
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) today (c) method
11. 11.Listen to “collect”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) col (b) lect
12. 12.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) gain
13. 13.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
14. 14.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
15. 15.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) pizza (c) collect
17. 17.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) co
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) comma (c) suppose
19. 19.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) pizza (c) contain
21. 21.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
22. 22.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
23. 23.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
24. 24.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) comma (c) asleep
26. 26.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
27. 27.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
28. 28.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) polite (c) lesson
30. 30.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
31. 31.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) extra (c) balloon
33. 33.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) correct (b) sofa (c) cactus
35. 35.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
36. 36.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sev (b) en
37. 37.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
38. 38.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) panda (c) alive
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) ago (c) panda

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