Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 882 · 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) method (b) salad (c) collect
2. 2.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
3. 3.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
4. 4.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
5. 5.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
6. 6.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
7. 7.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) asleep (c) drama
9. 9.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
10. 10.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
11. 11.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
12. 12.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) hap
13. 13.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) nus (b) bo
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) cactus (c) cobra
15. 15.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) about (c) zebra
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) comma (c) police
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) salad (c) support
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) pizza (c) focus
20. 20.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
21. 21.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) en (b) sev
22. 22.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
23. 23.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) around (c) drama
25. 25.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) complete (c) cactus
27. 27.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cobra (b) again (c) collect
29. 29.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tus (b) cac
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) ago (c) method
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) ago (c) sofa
32. 32.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) panda (b) balloon (c) collect
34. 34.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) again (b) comma (c) suppose
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) police (c) collect
37. 37.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
38. 38.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) suppose (c) salad
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) cactus (c) complete

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