Schwa Sound Practice
Kindergarten ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding the schwa sound in common words.
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Schwa Sound Practice
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A schwa sound is a lazy, soft vowel sound, like the 'uh' in 'about'. It often sounds like a soft 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', or 'u'. Listen carefully for the schwa sound in these words!
1. Which word has a schwa sound?
cat
apple
bus
dog
2. Which word has a schwa sound?
table
bed
jump
sun
Fill in the blank with the letter that makes the schwa sound.
3. b nana
4. c mp ter
5. s fa
6. Think of two words that have a schwa sound. Write them below.
7. The 'a' in 'America' makes a schwa sound.
True
False
8. Every vowel in a word always makes its long or short sound, never a schwa sound.
True
False
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