Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 17 · 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 “slip”? (a) sheep (b) put (c) pick
2. 2.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
5. 5.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
6. 6.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) shoe (b) hit (c) put
8. 8.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) leap (b) pull (c) bit
12. 12.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
15. 15.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) heat (b) pool (c) push
17. 17.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) slip (b) feel (c) spoon
19. 19.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) tooth (b) wood (c) seat
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) bit (b) leap (c) fool
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) foot (b) food (c) cook
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) steal (b) still (c) soon
24. 24.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) soon (b) sit (c) feet
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) full (b) look (c) juice
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) slip (b) soon (c) beat
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
30. 30.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
31. 31.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) pull (b) moon (c) win
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) boot (b) spoon (c) good
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) steal (b) blue (c) book
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) beat (b) push (c) pool
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) win (b) hood (c) pool
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) sheep (b) win (c) slip
38. 38.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
39. 39.Listen: is the vowel sound in “full” long or short? (a) short (b) long
40. 40.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap

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