Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 124 · 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.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) food (b) hit (c) meal
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) wool (b) soon (c) chip
5. 5.Listen: is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) still (b) book (c) beat
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) leap (b) steal (c) sit
9. 9.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) bit (b) wool (c) leap
11. 11.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
12. 12.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) pool (b) fill (c) wool
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) cook (b) pool (c) fit
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) put (b) blue (c) cheap
16. 16.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) sit (b) feel (c) pick
20. 20.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) shoe (b) blue (c) put
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
23. 23.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
24. 24.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
25. 25.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
26. 26.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) lip (b) look (c) soon
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) hood (b) look (c) shoe
29. 29.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) ship (b) pull (c) boot
31. 31.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) hit (b) pool (c) book
33. 33.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) put (b) still (c) moon
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) still (b) pull (c) meal
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) blue (b) hood (c) shoe
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) pick (b) feet (c) push
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) seen (b) fill (c) look
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) sheep (b) seen (c) ship

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