Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 897 · 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) lesson (c) alive
2. 2.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
3. 3.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
4. 4.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
5. 5.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) pizza (c) again
6. 6.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pan (b) da
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) ago (b) polite (c) lesson
8. 8.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) so (b) fa
9. 9.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
10. 10.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
11. 11.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
12. 12.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) sleep
13. 13.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) gain (b) a
14. 14.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ad (b) sal
15. 15.Listen to “pizza”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) za (b) piz
16. 16.Listen to “lesson”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) les (b) son
17. 17.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) meth (b) od
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) polite (c) method
19. 19.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
20. 20.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
21. 21.Which part of “sup-port” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) port (b) sup
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) ago (c) season
23. 23.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) comma (c) around
25. 25.Listen to “happen”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) hap (b) pen
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) comma (b) problem (c) correct
27. 27.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
28. 28.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
29. 29.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) con (b) tain
30. 30.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) today (c) open
32. 32.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lite
33. 33.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) o
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) cobra (c) alive
35. 35.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
36. 36.Listen to “police”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) po (b) lice
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) cactus (c) awake
38. 38.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) go
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) around (c) salad
40. 40.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) sleep

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