Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 355 · 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 “beat”? (a) still (b) feet (c) slip
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) hit (b) seen (c) sheep
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) push (b) feel (c) bit
6. 6.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) pool (b) cheap (c) chip
8. 8.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
9. 9.Listen: is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) fit (b) wool (c) sleep
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) juice (b) look (c) lip
12. 12.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) food (b) ship (c) full
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) push (b) book (c) school
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) shoe (b) hood (c) fool
16. 16.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) tooth (b) ship (c) seen
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) soon (b) feel (c) wood
19. 19.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) ship (b) wool (c) school
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) heat (b) book (c) lip
22. 22.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
23. 23.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
24. 24.Is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) push (b) sit (c) sheep
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) steal (b) slip (c) win
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) pull (b) feel (c) shoe
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) pool (b) soon (c) look
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) sleep (b) ship (c) leap
31. 31.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) school (b) cook (c) bit
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) fill (b) full (c) cheap
34. 34.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) steal (b) sit (c) pool
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) fit (b) leap (c) foot
37. 37.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) cheap (b) spoon (c) hit
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) fool (b) good (c) spoon
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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