Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 190 · 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 “book”? (a) food (b) leap (c) foot
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) chip (b) beat (c) steal
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) slip (b) look (c) leap
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) feel (b) food (c) slip
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) school (b) push (c) bit
6. 6.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
9. 9.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
10. 10.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) short (b) long
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
14. 14.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) short (b) long
15. 15.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) cheap (b) hood (c) still
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) blue (b) sit (c) leap
18. 18.Is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
19. 19.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
20. 20.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
21. 21.Listen: is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) cook (b) soon (c) shoe
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) bit (b) heat (c) lip
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) hit (b) food (c) good
26. 26.Listen: is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) lip (b) cook (c) moon
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) cook (b) blue (c) pull
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) feet (b) feel (c) hit
31. 31.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) wood (b) bit (c) pool
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) sheep (b) win (c) pick
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) sleep (b) hit (c) blue
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) steal (b) book (c) school
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) lip (b) moon (c) seat
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) steal (b) look (c) pick
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) ship (b) foot (c) feel
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) hit (b) leap (c) hood

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