Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 289 · 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.Is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) sleep (b) hit (c) seen
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) meal (b) fit (c) fill
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) hit (b) feel (c) fill
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) beat (b) shoe (c) good
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) slip (b) school (c) full
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) ship (b) seen (c) beat
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) fill (b) seen (c) seat
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) fit (b) book (c) meal
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “moon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) hood (b) moon (c) wood
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) fit (b) look (c) feel
13. 13.Listen: is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) sit (b) steal (c) seat
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) pool (b) hit (c) feet
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
19. 19.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
20. 20.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
21. 21.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) sit (b) school (c) look
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) short (b) long
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) feet (b) soon (c) good
25. 25.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) short (b) long
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) feet (b) meal (c) slip
27. 27.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
28. 28.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) shoe (b) hood (c) cheap
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) win (b) food (c) heat
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) foot (b) slip (c) juice
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) feet (b) still (c) feel
33. 33.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) full (b) food (c) moon
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) hood (b) food (c) seen
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) seen (b) food (c) wood
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) wood (b) tooth (c) soon
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) sleep (b) sheep (c) lip
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) juice (b) pick (c) wool

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