Schwa Sound Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 14: The schwa (weak “uh”) · Set 957 · 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.Listen to “balloon”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) loon (b) bal
2. 2.Listen to “season”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) son (b) sea
3. 3.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) asleep (b) again (c) cactus
4. 4.Which part of “sup-pose” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) pose (b) sup
5. 5.Which part of “les-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) les (b) son
6. 6.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) polite (c) comma
7. 7.Listen to “open”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) pen (b) o
8. 8.Listen to “salad”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) ad (b) sal
9. 9.Which part of “so-fa” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) fa (b) so
10. 10.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) happen (b) asleep (c) pizza
11. 11.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) alive (b) collect (c) zebra
12. 12.Which part of “ze-bra” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) ze (b) bra
13. 13.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) cobra (b) correct (c) support
14. 14.Which part of “a-wake” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) wake (b) a
15. 15.Which part of “con-tain” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) tain (b) con
16. 16.Listen to “support”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sup (b) port
17. 17.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) problem (b) awake (c) lesson
18. 18.Listen to “asleep”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) sleep (b) a
19. 19.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) lesson (b) collect (c) contain
20. 20.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) about (b) season (c) asleep
21. 21.Which part of “com-plete” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) com (b) plete
22. 22.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) focus (c) balloon
23. 23.Listen to “bonus”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) bo (b) nus
24. 24.Which part of “bal-loon” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) loon (b) bal
25. 25.Which part of “to-day” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) to (b) day
26. 26.Listen to “ago”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) go (b) a
27. 27.Listen to “cobra”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) co (b) bra
28. 28.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) seven (b) police (c) problem
29. 29.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) today (b) lemon (c) ago
30. 30.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) pizza (b) comma (c) around
31. 31.Which part of “col-lect” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) lect (b) col
32. 32.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its LAST syllable? (a) contain (b) panda (c) polite
33. 33.Which part of “sea-son” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) son (b) sea
34. 34.Which part of “a-round” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) a (b) round
35. 35.Listen to “complete”. Which part has the weak “uh” sound? (a) com (b) plete
36. 36.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) salad (b) suppose (c) sofa
37. 37.Which part of “dra-ma” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) dra (b) ma
38. 38.Which part of “cac-tus” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) cac (b) tus
39. 39.Which word has the weak “uh” sound (schwa) in its FIRST syllable? (a) alive (b) pizza (c) cobra
40. 40.Which part of “sev-en” has the weak “uh” sound (schwa)? (a) en (b) sev

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