Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 168 · 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 “sit”? (a) beat (b) hit (c) meal
2. 2.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) fill (b) wood (c) heat
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) cheap (b) lip (c) look
5. 5.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) short (b) long
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) lip (b) school (c) book
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) push (b) steal (c) ship
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) put (b) tooth (c) meal
9. 9.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) pick (b) cheap (c) full
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) ship (b) push (c) moon
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) tooth (b) book (c) soon
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) bit (b) food (c) put
17. 17.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) food (b) push (c) foot
19. 19.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
20. 20.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
21. 21.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) fool (b) seat (c) cook
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) blue (b) wool (c) fit
24. 24.Listen: is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) soon (b) put (c) heat
27. 27.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) wool (b) heat (c) shoe
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
32. 32.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) win (b) still (c) sheep
34. 34.Is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) still (b) moon (c) cheap
36. 36.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) shoe (b) bit (c) wool
38. 38.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
39. 39.Listen: is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) short (b) long
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) push (b) wood (c) juice

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