Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 871 · 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) problem (b) cobra (c) awake
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) police (c) problem
3. 3.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sal (b) ad
4. 4.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cobra (b) ago (c) complete
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) contain (c) pizza
7. 7.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) balloon (c) today
9. 9.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) comma (c) alive
11. 11.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lice
12. 12.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) happen (c) ago
14. 14.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
15. 15.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
16. 16.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bal (b) loon
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) complete (c) seven
18. 18.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
19. 19.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
20. 20.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
21. 21.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) plete (b) com
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) ago (c) sofa
23. 23.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cor (b) rect
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) lemon (c) seven
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) focus (b) polite (c) happen
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) around (c) happen
27. 27.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) drama (c) suppose
28. 28.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) method (c) zebra
30. 30.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) complete (c) extra
32. 32.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) correct (c) method
34. 34.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
35. 35.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
36. 36.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) around (b) happen (c) suppose
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) drama (b) focus (c) about
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) suppose (c) comma
40. 40.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob

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