Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 363 · 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 “hit”? (a) wool (b) feet (c) chip
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) moon (b) wool (c) soon
3. 3.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) steal (b) sit (c) slip
5. 5.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) short (b) long
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) sit (b) shoe (c) heat
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) win (b) full (c) cheap
9. 9.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) school (b) leap (c) hood
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) short (b) long
12. 12.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) fill (b) leap (c) spoon
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) fit (b) heat (c) steal
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) chip (b) look (c) shoe
16. 16.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) book (b) pull (c) boot
18. 18.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
19. 19.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) lip (b) meal (c) bit
21. 21.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
22. 22.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) blue (b) lip (c) seen
24. 24.Is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) ship (b) seen (c) sit
26. 26.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) ship (b) fit (c) steal
28. 28.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) blue (b) pool (c) foot
30. 30.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) look (b) pool (c) sit
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) sheep (b) ship (c) boot
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
36. 36.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) meal (b) slip (c) shoe
38. 38.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) spoon (b) fit (c) wood
40. 40.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch

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