Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 94 · 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) zebra (c) alive
2. 2.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) police (b) drama (c) today
3. 3.Which part of “cor-rect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) rect (b) cor
4. 4.Which part of “lem-on” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) on (b) lem
5. 5.Listen to “sofa”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) fa (b) so
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) polite (c) lesson
7. 7.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) balloon (c) sofa
8. 8.Which part of “po-lice” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lice (b) po
9. 9.Which part of “prob-lem” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) prob (b) lem
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) today (b) comma (c) pizza
11. 11.Listen to “cactus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) cac (b) tus
12. 12.Listen to “about”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bout (b) a
13. 13.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
14. 14.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sea (b) son
15. 15.Which part of “piz-za” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) piz (b) za
16. 16.Which part of “a-sleep” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) sleep (b) a
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) support (b) cobra (c) seven
18. 18.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) method (b) seven (c) polite
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) again (c) focus
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) lemon (b) cobra (c) balloon
21. 21.Which part of “a-bout” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) bout
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) season (b) happen (c) collect
23. 23.Listen to “suppose”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pose (b) sup
24. 24.Listen to “method”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) meth (b) od
25. 25.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) awake (b) problem (c) today
26. 26.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
27. 27.Which part of “a-gain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) gain (b) a
28. 28.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) cactus (b) extra (c) about
30. 30.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
31. 31.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) lesson (c) complete
32. 32.Which part of “a-live” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) live (b) a
33. 33.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
34. 34.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
35. 35.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) suppose (b) contain (c) cobra
36. 36.Which part of “co-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) bra (b) co
37. 37.Which part of “hap-pen” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) hap (b) pen
38. 38.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lemon (b) again (c) around
39. 39.Which part of “ex-tra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ex (b) tra
40. 40.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) happen (c) again

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