Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 348 · 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.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) hit (b) moon (c) leap
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) push (b) moon (c) ship
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) feel (b) soon (c) push
4. 4.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) put (b) food (c) pull
6. 6.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “juice” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
9. 9.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) heat (b) lip (c) boot
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
15. 15.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
16. 16.Is the vowel sound in “sleep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) soon (b) meal (c) wood
18. 18.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) blue (b) pull (c) ship
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) sheep (b) foot (c) blue
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “cheap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) meal (b) boot (c) slip
23. 23.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
24. 24.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) feel (b) win (c) push
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) shoe (b) good (c) hood
27. 27.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
28. 28.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
29. 29.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
30. 30.Listen: is the vowel sound in “ship” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) feet (b) wood (c) hit
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) fit (b) foot (c) feel
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) school (b) fool (c) put
34. 34.Is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) short (b) long
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) sleep (b) soon (c) bit
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) sit (b) school (c) cook
37. 37.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) full (b) juice (c) hood
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) boot (b) pull (c) wood
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) put (b) seat (c) sit

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