Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 920 · 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) complete (b) correct (c) cobra
2. 2.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
3. 3.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sal (b) ad
4. 4.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
5. 5.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tus (b) cac
6. 6.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) a (b) bout
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) correct (c) sofa
8. 8.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sev (b) en
9. 9.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) con (b) tain
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) open (c) suppose
11. 11.Listen to “contain”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) tain (b) con
12. 12.Listen to “drama”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ma (b) dra
13. 13.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) gain
14. 14.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) police (b) method (c) salad
15. 15.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) pizza (b) asleep (c) collect
16. 16.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) ago (c) bonus
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) ago (b) sofa (c) salad
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lesson (b) around (c) happen
19. 19.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) lemon (c) around
21. 21.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
22. 22.Listen to “panda”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pan (b) da
23. 23.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) co (b) bra
24. 24.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) cactus (c) again
25. 25.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) on (b) lem
26. 26.Which part of “po-lite” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lite (b) po
27. 27.Which part of “meth-od” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) meth (b) od
28. 28.Which part of “fo-cus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fo (b) cus
29. 29.Listen to “seven”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) en (b) sev
30. 30.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
31. 31.Listen to “extra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ex (b) tra
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) collect (b) alive (c) comma
33. 33.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) port (b) sup
34. 34.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
35. 35.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) ze
36. 36.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) so (b) fa
37. 37.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) bonus (b) balloon (c) problem
38. 38.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) pose
39. 39.Listen to “today”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) day (b) to
40. 40.Listen to “lemon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) on (b) lem

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