Vowel sound /ə/ is pronounced like ‘UH’ or that final sound in the word “teacher”.
It has a short but weak pronunciation, unlike the strong version — VOWEL /ʌ/ SOUND.
Some examples of words with vowel /ə/ sound
📒 Letters (a-) at the beginning and (-er, -or, -ar) at the end of most words often give this vowel /ə/ sound — also called the “Schwa sound” which is never stressed.
| -er | sister longer worker |
| -or | actor doctor governor |
| -ar | sugar beggar grammar |
| -al | capital animal principal |
| -a- | ago sofa about |
| -e- | open travel problem |
| -u- | circus support museum |
| -o- | dozen lemon freedom |
| -re (British) | litre centre theatre |
| -i- | origin pencil |
Practice questions on vowel sound /ə/
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