Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 914 · 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) today (b) lemon (c) ago
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) alive (b) bonus (c) problem
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) today (b) comma (c) cobra
4. 4.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) polite (b) comma (c) complete
5. 5.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) meth (b) od
6. 6.Which part of “bo-nus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bo (b) nus
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) salad (b) correct (c) awake
8. 8.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) suppose (b) open (c) cactus
9. 9.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) polite (c) happen
11. 11.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
12. 12.Which part of “sal-ad” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ad (b) sal
13. 13.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bout (b) a
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) around (c) bonus
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) zebra (b) about (c) panda
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) problem (c) again
17. 17.Which part of “o-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) o (b) pen
18. 18.Which part of “a-go” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) go
19. 19.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) za (b) piz
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) correct (b) panda (c) collect
21. 21.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) dra (b) ma
22. 22.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
23. 23.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) zebra (c) contain
25. 25.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
26. 26.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) complete (c) extra
27. 27.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
28. 28.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
29. 29.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) po (b) lice
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) contain (c) season
31. 31.Listen to “around”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) round (b) a
32. 32.Listen to “correct”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) rect (b) cor
33. 33.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) bonus (c) happen
34. 34.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) support (b) method (c) polite
36. 36.Listen to “awake”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) wake (b) a
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) correct (c) lemon
38. 38.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) extra (b) comma (c) police
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) panda (c) contain

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