Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 334 · 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 “cook”? (a) sit (b) shoe (c) good
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) chip (b) fill (c) heat
3. 3.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
4. 4.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
5. 5.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) beat (b) fool (c) fill
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) beat (b) ship (c) fool
9. 9.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) sleep (b) fit (c) hit
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) wood (b) push (c) tooth
12. 12.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) push (b) soon (c) sit
14. 14.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) foot (b) spoon (c) win
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) wood (b) seat (c) slip
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) tooth (b) pull (c) food
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) bit (b) food (c) full
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) full (b) blue (c) hit
20. 20.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) cheap (b) feet (c) sit
22. 22.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) soon (b) fill (c) cook
24. 24.Is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) shoe (b) wood (c) bit
27. 27.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) hit (b) fill (c) feel
29. 29.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) slip (b) book (c) tooth
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) ship (b) feel (c) wood
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) win (b) pool (c) foot
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) still (b) sit (c) feet
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) foot (b) lip (c) boot
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) sheep (b) win (c) ship
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) feet (b) shoe (c) wool
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) shoe (b) sit (c) leap
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) slip (b) boot (c) book
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) still (b) feel (c) shoe
40. 40.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip

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