Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 213 · 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 “feet”? (a) lip (b) beat (c) ship
2. 2.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) cheap (b) pick (c) leap
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) slip (b) food (c) push
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) cook (b) pool (c) school
7. 7.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) fit (b) meal (c) fill
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
11. 11.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
12. 12.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) slip (b) soon (c) heat
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) sit (b) shoe (c) foot
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) ship (b) leap (c) blue
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) moon (b) seen (c) bit
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) short (b) long
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) still (b) sleep (c) sit
20. 20.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) sit (b) win (c) heat
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) push (b) tooth (c) chip
23. 23.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
24. 24.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
25. 25.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
26. 26.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
28. 28.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) hood (b) pool (c) full
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) push (b) look (c) shoe
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) meal (b) look (c) pool
32. 32.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) look (b) wool (c) fool
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) fool (b) pick (c) beat
35. 35.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) heat (b) put (c) fill
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) spoon (b) pull (c) soon
38. 38.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
39. 39.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
40. 40.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel

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