Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 255 · 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 “cook”? (a) book (b) fit (c) spoon
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) sit (b) put (c) steal
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) sleep (b) slip (c) hood
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) chip (b) heat (c) bit
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) slip (b) wool (c) school
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) feet (b) lip (c) slip
9. 9.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) soon (b) hood (c) sit
11. 11.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) win (b) cook (c) sheep
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) pull (b) fool (c) tooth
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) beat (b) chip (c) wool
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) school (b) look (c) push
16. 16.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) pull (b) juice (c) pool
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) blue (b) pull (c) beat
19. 19.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
20. 20.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
21. 21.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) good (b) fill (c) juice
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) wool (b) blue (c) lip
24. 24.Is the vowel sound in “cheap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) pool (b) moon (c) wood
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) chip (b) meal (c) food
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) meal (b) cook (c) soon
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) food (b) school (c) book
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) slip (b) blue (c) sheep
31. 31.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) full (b) ship (c) leap
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) pull (b) shoe (c) sheep
35. 35.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) foot (b) steal (c) sit
37. 37.Is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) long (b) short
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) fill (b) leap (c) win
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) meal (b) seat (c) lip
40. 40.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel

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