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Schwa words: spelling bee words
Words with a lazy vowel you can't hear clearly: separate, calendar, different, balance, sentence. The vowel sounds like uh, so you have to know it.
Schwa words
The schwa is the quiet uh in a word. Say the word in a funny, careful way (sep-A-rate) to remember which vowel it is.
- gigglelaugh in a small, silly way“The baby giggles at the puppy.”
- table
- apple
- little
- candle
- puzzle
- bubble
- simple
- middle
- turtle
- gentlesoft and kind, not rough“Be gentle with the baby bunny.”
- jungle
- teacher
- farmer
- painter
- writer
- actor
- sailor
- visitor
- inventor
- dollar
- collar
- cellar
- sugar
- patientable to wait calmly“Be patient while the cookies bake.”
- readable
- washable
- breakable
- comfortable
- enjoyable
- valuable
- possible
- visible
- terrible
- flexibleable to bend without breaking“A flexible straw bends easily.”
- sensible
- edible
- favorite
- probably
- different
- distance
- balance
- entrance
- importance
- allowance
- performance
- difference
- silence
- science
- patience
- evidence
- sentence
- elegant
- pleasant
- distant
- assistant
- servant
- excellent
- student
- absent
- present
- separate
- definitely
- environment
- calendar
- privilege
- independent
- existence
- desperate
- ignorance
- intelligence
- parallel
- relevant
- secretary
- tendency
- villain
- apparent
- circumstance
- discipline
- grammar
- hindrance