Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 208 · 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.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) ship (b) meal (c) fool
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) still (b) school (c) meal
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “juice” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) sit (b) sheep (c) soon
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Listen: is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
9. 9.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
10. 10.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) chip (b) sheep (c) pool
12. 12.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
13. 13.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) seat (b) wood (c) fit
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) meal (b) pick (c) moon
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) foot (b) feel (c) hit
17. 17.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) soon (b) foot (c) heat
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
21. 21.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
22. 22.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
23. 23.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) cook (b) shoe (c) still
25. 25.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) full (b) book (c) fool
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) seen (b) chip (c) pull
28. 28.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) seen (b) shoe (c) push
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) ship (b) sleep (c) good
33. 33.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
34. 34.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) ship (b) seen (c) heat
36. 36.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
37. 37.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) tooth (b) push (c) slip
39. 39.Is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) lip (b) seen (c) food

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