Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 377 · 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? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) sleep (b) pull (c) juice
3. 3.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) tooth (b) feet (c) hit
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) shoe (b) fill (c) cheap
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) seat (b) ship (c) school
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) blue (b) cook (c) seen
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) pool (b) soon (c) look
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) spoon (b) sit (c) seen
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) seat (b) moon (c) pick
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) feet (b) shoe (c) pick
14. 14.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
15. 15.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
16. 16.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) sleep (b) sit (c) leap
18. 18.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
19. 19.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
20. 20.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
21. 21.Listen: is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) long (b) short
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) sleep (b) sit (c) hood
23. 23.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
24. 24.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
25. 25.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) win (b) seen (c) sit
27. 27.Is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
28. 28.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) wool (b) tooth (c) fool
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) meal (b) steal (c) lip
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) foot (b) soon (c) pull
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) slip (b) leap (c) tooth
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) beat (b) soon (c) ship
35. 35.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) cook (b) seen (c) ship
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) shoe (b) good (c) spoon
38. 38.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) look (b) moon (c) lip
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) look (b) soon (c) full

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