Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 254 · 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.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) sheep (b) blue (c) sit
2. 2.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
3. 3.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) heat (b) slip (c) pick
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) wool (b) moon (c) feet
6. 6.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) lip (b) seen (c) slip
8. 8.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) beat (b) book (c) blue
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) pool (b) soon (c) good
11. 11.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) pull (b) wool (c) spoon
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) hit (b) feel (c) ship
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) book (b) sit (c) beat
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) hood (b) food (c) bit
17. 17.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
18. 18.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) fool (b) shoe (c) hood
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) school (b) leap (c) fit
21. 21.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
22. 22.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
23. 23.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
24. 24.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) hood (b) book (c) juice
26. 26.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) long (b) short
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) fool (b) seen (c) lip
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) book (b) feet (c) fill
29. 29.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) long (b) short
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) juice (b) meal (c) sit
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) slip (b) pick (c) cheap
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) feel (b) wool (c) soon
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) tooth (b) hood (c) pool
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) pool (b) bit (c) book
37. 37.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) heat (b) sit (c) leap
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) pull (b) school (c) slip
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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