Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 165 · 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: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) juice (b) sheep (c) slip
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “sleep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) bit (b) heat (c) sheep
5. 5.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) full (b) push (c) pool
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) leap (b) steal (c) lip
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) boot (b) look (c) fill
11. 11.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
12. 12.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
13. 13.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) feel (b) tooth (c) pick
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) sheep (b) wood (c) pool
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) cheap (b) lip (c) bit
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) short (b) long
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) bit (b) shoe (c) sheep
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) spoon (b) cook (c) pool
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) beat (b) moon (c) slip
27. 27.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
28. 28.Listen: is the vowel sound in “ship” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
30. 30.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) wood (b) food (c) boot
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) sit (b) moon (c) pull
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) cook (b) juice (c) sit
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) sit (b) feet (c) ship
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) push (b) lip (c) spoon
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) foot (b) fool (c) full
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) shoe (b) leap (c) wood
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) cook (b) meal (c) lip
39. 39.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
40. 40.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull

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