Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet
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.
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- 1.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) steal (b) book (c) tooth
- 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) moon (b) ship (c) seat
- 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) seen (b) beat (c) fill
- 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) meal (b) wool (c) fool
- 5.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
- 6.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
- 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) spoon (b) pick (c) put
- 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) food (b) put (c) sleep
- 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) still (b) fool (c) heat
- 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) juice (b) pick (c) push
- 11.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
- 12.Is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short
- 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) look (b) wool (c) shoe
- 14.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
- 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) moon (b) sheep (c) ship
- 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) cook (b) shoe (c) wood
- 17.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
- 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) moon (b) push (c) beat
- 19.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
- 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) fit (b) leap (c) slip
- 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) fool (b) seen (c) pick
- 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) pull (b) fool (c) chip
- 23.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
- 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) slip (b) win (c) feel
- 25.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) short (b) long
- 26.Listen: is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) long (b) short
- 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) ship (b) put (c) pool
- 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) ship (b) sleep (c) feet
- 29.Is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) long (b) short
- 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) wool (b) wood (c) blue
- 31.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
- 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) wood (b) blue (c) feel
- 33.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
- 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) put (b) cook (c) food
- 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
- 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) fit (b) fill (c) feet
- 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) hood (b) beat (c) still
- 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) fit (b) meal (c) fool
- 39.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
- 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) cook (b) spoon (c) heat
Answer key
- book
- ship
- fill
- fool
- still
- sit
- put
- put
- heat
- push
- short
- short
- shoe
- short
- sheep
- shoe
- pull
- push
- hit
- leap
- pick
- fool
- steal
- feel
- short
- short
- pool
- ship
- short
- blue
- long
- blue
- full
- food
- short
- feet
- beat
- fit
- hill
- cook
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