Schwa Exercise

Say these words out loud (the Schwa sound is bold):

1) a

10) illness

2) the

11) offend

3) about

12) answer

4) around

13) letter

5) present

14) alone

6) father

15) sofa

7) banana

16) system

8) carrot

17) supply

9) atlas

18) circus

Now say these sentences out loud (the Schwa sound is bold):
1) I have a carrot and a banana.
2) The atlas contains a lot of maps.
3) He talked about his illness.
4) I will answer this letter.
5) Father went around the apartment.
7) The company will supply the telephones.

Schwa Exercise
8) I was sitting alone on the sofa.
9) The performance in the circus was amazing.
10) He suggested a system.