Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 384 · 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.Is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) sleep (b) spoon (c) fill
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) meal (b) steal (c) lip
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) sit (b) school (c) sheep
6. 6.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
7. 7.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) ship (b) soon (c) feet
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) win (b) pull (c) blue
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) slip (b) wood (c) feel
12. 12.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
13. 13.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) school (b) seen (c) pull
15. 15.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) pull (b) fool (c) food
17. 17.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) meal (b) seat (c) ship
19. 19.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) wood (b) ship (c) sheep
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) wool (b) blue (c) bit
22. 22.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
23. 23.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
24. 24.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
25. 25.Is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) long (b) short
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) pick (b) pool (c) push
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
28. 28.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
29. 29.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) pull (b) fool (c) food
31. 31.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) foot (b) lip (c) feel
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “full” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) tooth (b) hit (c) full
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) juice (b) steal (c) push
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) spoon (b) ship (c) wool
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) cheap (b) cook (c) juice
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) lip (b) cheap (c) leap

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