Sunday, October 13, 2013

schwa sound

schwa sound

In many words, the schwa sound in an unaccented syllable gives no clue to its spelling: jewel, factory, garage, tropical.

Any vowel can stand for the schwa sound.



1.    jewel

2.    kingdom

3.    gasoline

4.    factory

5.    garage

6.    tropical

7.    pajamas

8.    estimate

9.    tomorrow

10.  humidity





11.  Chicago

12.  bulletin

13.  carnival

14.  illustrate

15.  elegant

16.  census

17.  terrific

18.  celebrate

19.  operate

20.  celery



  Challenge Words

21.  rehearsal

22.  salamander

23.  prominent

24.  significant

25.  parakeet



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