Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 216 · 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 “book”? (a) boot (b) spoon (c) hood
2. 2.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) full (b) slip (c) soon
4. 4.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
7. 7.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) beat (b) food (c) look
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) feel (b) cook (c) pool
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) wool (b) ship (c) juice
12. 12.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
13. 13.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) slip (b) cook (c) tooth
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) wool (b) blue (c) soon
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) slip (b) pool (c) seat
17. 17.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
18. 18.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) short (b) long
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) seen (b) spoon (c) wood
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) tooth (b) foot (c) lip
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) moon (b) meal (c) slip
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) food (b) win (c) push
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) lip (b) bit (c) feel
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) slip (b) seat (c) feel
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) fit (b) wood (c) food
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) push (b) bit (c) juice
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) slip (b) heat (c) steal
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) moon (b) sleep (c) fill
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) boot (b) shoe (c) good
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) blue (b) fill (c) full
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) blue (b) soon (c) wood
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) cook (b) look (c) boot
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) meal (b) school (c) lip
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) still (b) beat (c) good
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) meal (b) shoe (c) pull
39. 39.Is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) blue (b) full (c) fool

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