Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 262 · 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 “bit”? (a) feel (b) steal (c) win
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) leap (b) sit (c) moon
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) leap (b) slip (c) good
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) tooth (b) cook (c) book
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) good (b) sit (c) sheep
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) heat (b) bit (c) leap
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) heat (b) still (c) bit
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) win (b) heat (c) book
13. 13.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) pull (b) full (c) moon
15. 15.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
16. 16.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) school (b) feet (c) fill
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) feel (b) hit (c) boot
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) win (b) sleep (c) shoe
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) ship (b) fool (c) full
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) sleep (b) wood (c) pool
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) sheep (b) beat (c) lip
26. 26.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
27. 27.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
28. 28.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) chip (b) meal (c) still
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
31. 31.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) food (b) seat (c) foot
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) beat (b) blue (c) fill
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) moon (b) foot (c) cheap
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) hit (b) cook (c) seen
38. 38.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) sheep (b) cheap (c) fill
40. 40.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal

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