Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 887 · 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 part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
2. 2.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tra (b) ex
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) balloon (c) sofa
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) correct (c) happen
5. 5.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
6. 6.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
7. 7.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) method (c) today
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) collect (c) pizza
10. 10.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
11. 11.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
12. 12.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) port
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) around (c) cactus
14. 14.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
15. 15.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) polite (b) panda (c) season
17. 17.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
18. 18.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) od (b) meth
19. 19.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
20. 20.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
21. 21.Listen to “focus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fo (b) cus
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) asleep (b) open (c) lemon
23. 23.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) extra (c) today
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) lesson (c) happen
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) open (b) complete (c) correct
26. 26.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) piz (b) za
27. 27.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
28. 28.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ma (b) dra
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) focus (c) contain
30. 30.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) complete (c) problem
32. 32.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
33. 33.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) da (b) pan
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) again (c) salad
35. 35.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
36. 36.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) za (b) piz
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) alive (b) seven (c) extra
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) focus (c) police
39. 39.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
40. 40.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus

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