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    Schwa sounds like a grunt or short burp. It is essential to use schwa for people to understand you. Schwa makes native spoken English difficult to understand.

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    GR Schwa

    Uploaded by

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    Schwa sounds like a grunt or short burp. It is essential to use schwa for people to understand you. Schwa makes native spoken English difficult to understand.

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    SchwaExercise

    AWhatisschwa?Answertrueorfalse
    TRUE FALSE
    1 Schwasoundslikeagruntorshortburp.

    2 Thephoneticsymbolforschwais/@/.

    3 Itisessentialtouseschwaforpeopletounderstandyou.

    4 NearlyallEnglishteachersknowaboutschwa.

    5 KnowingaboutschwahelpsEnglishstudentsimprovetheirlisteningskills.

    6 NativespeakersuseitmorethanpeoplewholearnEnglishwhenadults.

    7 Manyauxiliaryverbscontainschwainaffirmativesentencesbutnotin
    shortanswers(e.g.can).

    8 SchwamakesnativespokenEnglishdifficulttounderstand.

    9 Usingschwamakesyouspeakmoreslowly.

    10 Itsimpossibleforastressedsyllabletocontainschwa.

    BUnderlinethesyllablethatcontainsschwaineachwordorphrase.
    1 ago
    2 mother
    3 Theman
    4 Fishandchips
    5 Ohno.Notagain.
    6 Whatsforlunch?
    7 Hecanplayfootball.
    8 Lookatthatfunnyman.
    9 Whatsitallaboutthen?
    10 Imsorrybutshesnotin.
    11 DidtheygotoNewYork?
    12 ShecantcomefromSydney.
    13 Canshecomebacktomorrow?

    CCirclealltheprepositionsinB.Whatdoyounotice?

    www.autoenglish.org

    WrittenbyBobWilsonRobertCliffordMcNairWilson2008

    Answers
    A
    1T 2T 3F 4F 5T 6T 7T 8T 9F 10T
    B
    1 ago
    2 mother
    3 Theman
    4 Fishandchips
    5 Ohno.Notagain.
    6 Whatsforlunch?
    7 Hecanplayfootball.
    8 Lookatthatfunnyman.
    9 Whatsitallaboutthen?
    10 Imsorrybutshesnotin.
    11 DidtheygotoNewYork?
    12 ShecantcomefromSydney.
    13 Canshecomeback tomorrow?

    www.autoenglish.org

    WrittenbyBobWilsonRobertCliffordMcNairWilson2008

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