Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 269 · 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 “slip”? (a) lip (b) look (c) cheap
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) foot (b) pool (c) seen
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) ship (b) juice (c) sleep
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) heat (b) lip (c) sheep
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) seen (b) fit (c) fool
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) hood (b) sit (c) soon
9. 9.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) ship (b) push (c) spoon
11. 11.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) push (b) win (c) shoe
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) look (b) wool (c) soon
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) blue (b) cook (c) feel
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) shoe (b) pool (c) book
18. 18.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
19. 19.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) push (b) leap (c) shoe
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) juice (b) heat (c) lip
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) fit (b) meal (c) look
23. 23.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) feel (b) tooth (c) cook
25. 25.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
26. 26.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
27. 27.Is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) leap (b) blue (c) chip
29. 29.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
30. 30.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) spoon (b) full (c) hood
32. 32.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) tooth (b) good (c) ship
35. 35.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
36. 36.Is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) long (b) short
37. 37.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
38. 38.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) beat (b) soon (c) sit
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) slip (b) sleep (c) sit

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