Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 326 · 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 fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
2. 2.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) fit (b) ship (c) seat
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) boot (b) pull (c) soon
9. 9.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) blue (b) wood (c) bit
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
13. 13.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
14. 14.Is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) short (b) long
15. 15.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) seen (b) seat (c) pick
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) chip (b) seat (c) spoon
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) beat (b) chip (c) shoe
21. 21.Listen: is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
23. 23.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
24. 24.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) spoon (b) sleep (c) hood
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) wood (b) pool (c) seat
27. 27.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) heat (b) good (c) fool
29. 29.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) sit (b) food (c) beat
31. 31.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) cook (b) cheap (c) fool
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) good (b) lip (c) feel
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) look (b) soon (c) pool
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “full” long or short? (a) long (b) short
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) chip (b) school (c) put
37. 37.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) seen (b) spoon (c) fit
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) fill (b) leap (c) soon
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) fit (b) sheep (c) leap

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