Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 187 · 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 “soon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) look (b) wool (c) moon
3. 3.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) school (b) still (c) wood
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) heat (b) hood (c) juice
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) cheap (b) school (c) pull
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) foot (b) food (c) school
14. 14.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) look (b) shoe (c) juice
16. 16.Listen: is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) ship (b) feel (c) sit
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) look (b) hit (c) feel
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) blue (b) look (c) slip
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) boot (b) pool (c) good
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) wool (b) food (c) foot
24. 24.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
25. 25.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) long (b) short
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) full (b) fill (c) sleep
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) school (b) slip (c) look
28. 28.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) foot (b) leap (c) soon
30. 30.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) pull (b) meal (c) sit
33. 33.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
34. 34.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
35. 35.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) heat (b) hit (c) feel
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) feel (b) food (c) bit
38. 38.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
39. 39.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) sheep (b) put (c) pool

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