Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 889 · 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) open (b) contain (c) asleep
2. 2.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sea (b) son
3. 3.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) ago (c) season
5. 5.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
6. 6.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bo (b) nus
7. 7.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
8. 8.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
9. 9.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) collect (c) method
10. 10.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) meth (b) od
11. 11.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) live
12. 12.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lem (b) prob
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) today (b) drama (c) open
14. 14.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) today (c) cactus
16. 16.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) contain (c) sofa
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) sofa (c) cobra
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) panda (b) ago (c) around
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) problem (c) open
21. 21.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ze (b) bra
22. 22.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) les
23. 23.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) o
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) balloon (b) lemon (c) method
25. 25.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
26. 26.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
27. 27.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
28. 28.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) od (b) meth
29. 29.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) police (c) zebra
31. 31.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
32. 32.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) port
33. 33.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) season (b) alive (c) collect
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) happen (c) alive
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) police (c) cobra
37. 37.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
38. 38.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) extra (b) about (c) contain
40. 40.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lice (b) po

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