Schwa: /Ə/ a special vowel sound
Authored by Heylen Leal
World Languages
1st - 3rd Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
One of the main characteristics of the schwa is:
It occurs always in stressed positions.
It is a “neutral vowel” because the mouth position is neutral.
The schwa sound is “extremely long”.
It is the least common vowel sound in English.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
''Schwa can appear behind any of the 5 vowel letters''
True
False
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Examples of words with schwa are, except one:
About
Miracle
Heal
Banana
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The correct phonetic transcription of the word STATION is:
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/
/ˈstəɪ.ʃən/
/ˈsteɪ.ʃen/
/ˈsteɪ.ʃo:n/
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The correct phonetic transcription of the word VEGETABLE is:
/vedʒ.ti:.'bəl/
/ˈvedʒ.tə.bəl/
/ˈvedʒ.tə.bol/
/ˈvedʒ.ta.bol/
6.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
The schwa will never be
(a)
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
10 sec • 1 pt
Words ending in -tion will contain schwa:
TRUE
FALSE
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