Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 902 · 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 “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
2. 2.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
3. 3.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) on
4. 4.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
5. 5.Which part of “pan-da” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pan (b) da
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) asleep (c) drama
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) asleep (c) zebra
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) contain (c) ago
9. 9.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
10. 10.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pen (b) hap
11. 11.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
12. 12.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
13. 13.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) salad (c) happen
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) balloon (b) today (c) seven
16. 16.Listen to “zebra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bra (b) ze
17. 17.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) meth (b) od
18. 18.Listen to “again”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) gain
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) open (b) method (c) asleep
20. 20.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
21. 21.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) lesson (c) suppose
22. 22.Listen to “problem”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lem (b) prob
23. 23.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
24. 24.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) problem (b) ago (c) suppose
26. 26.Listen to “polite”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) lite (b) po
27. 27.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sup (b) pose
28. 28.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
29. 29.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
30. 30.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) go (b) a
31. 31.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
32. 32.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) day (b) to
33. 33.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) nus (b) bo
34. 34.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) extra (b) today (c) suppose
35. 35.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) complete (b) method (c) cobra
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) season (c) asleep
38. 38.Listen to “comma”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) com
39. 39.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
40. 40.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) za (b) piz

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