Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 209 · 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 “ship”? (a) steal (b) feet (c) pick
2. 2.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) leap (b) bit (c) meal
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) put (b) slip (c) moon
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) feet (b) steal (c) fill
8. 8.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
9. 9.Listen: is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) put (b) pool (c) boot
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) feet (b) fit (c) leap
12. 12.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) fit (b) shoe (c) wood
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) feet (b) sheep (c) bit
15. 15.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) boot (b) cook (c) beat
17. 17.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) lip (b) meal (c) moon
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) lip (b) wool (c) sheep
21. 21.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
22. 22.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) lip (b) feel (c) bit
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) sheep (b) slip (c) hood
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) food (b) hit (c) leap
27. 27.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) book (b) fool (c) lip
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) good (b) heat (c) sit
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) hit (b) beat (c) cook
31. 31.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
32. 32.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
33. 33.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
34. 34.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) spoon (b) tooth (c) full
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) ship (b) food (c) feet
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) seat (b) boot (c) bit
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) seat (b) wool (c) fill
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) sit (b) meal (c) steal
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) lip (b) book (c) seen

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