Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 101 · 40 questions

How to say it (Stretch or keep it short): Short i (ship, sit, fill): quick and relaxed, the tongue a little lower. Long ee (sheep, seat, feel): stretched, lips spread in a smile. Short oo (full, book, good) is quick; long oo (fool, food, moon) is stretched with round lips. If the meaning changes when you stretch the vowel, take care: ship ≠ sheep.

1. 1.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
2. 2.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) put (b) food (c) soon
4. 4.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) hit (b) wood (c) sheep
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) short (b) long
7. 7.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
8. 8.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
9. 9.Listen: is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “juice” long or short? (a) short (b) long
11. 11.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) feel (b) pick (c) beat
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) pull (b) moon (c) fit
14. 14.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) wood (b) steal (c) food
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) wood (b) fill (c) school
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) soon (b) sleep (c) foot
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) bit (b) cook (c) steal
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) seat (b) feel (c) slip
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) pick (b) seen (c) slip
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) wool (b) ship (c) sleep
23. 23.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
24. 24.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
25. 25.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) wool (b) beat (c) fool
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) fill (b) good (c) steal
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) seen (b) juice (c) still
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) steal (b) cheap (c) sit
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
32. 32.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) hit (b) sheep (c) look
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) feet (b) hit (c) steal
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) ship (b) bit (c) meal
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) foot (b) tooth (c) push
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) put (b) school (c) fool
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) look (b) shoe (c) steal
40. 40.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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