Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 392 · 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: is the vowel sound in “cheap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) juice (b) cheap (c) sit
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) look (b) blue (c) steal
6. 6.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
7. 7.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) win (b) pull (c) moon
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) seen (b) pick (c) feel
10. 10.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
11. 11.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) pool (b) ship (c) wood
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) fill (b) lip (c) sleep
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) cook (b) juice (c) look
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) food (b) shoe (c) cook
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) juice (b) seen (c) pick
18. 18.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) pick (b) meal (c) wool
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) wool (b) push (c) food
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) moon (b) pick (c) wool
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) pull (b) book (c) food
23. 23.Listen: is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
24. 24.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) moon (b) juice (c) cook
26. 26.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) fit (b) feel (c) ship
28. 28.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
29. 29.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) ship (b) cheap (c) hit
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) feel (b) sit (c) sleep
32. 32.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) full (b) school (c) chip
34. 34.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) long (b) short
35. 35.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) juice (b) wood (c) win
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) push (b) food (c) soon
38. 38.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) chip (b) leap (c) hit
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) beat (b) lip (c) leap

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