Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 4 · 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 “wool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) pull (b) tooth (c) pool
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) feel (b) leap (c) hit
4. 4.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
5. 5.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
6. 6.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
7. 7.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) leap (b) school (c) hit
10. 10.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) heat (b) book (c) pick
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) fit (b) pool (c) good
13. 13.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) ship (b) feel (c) meal
15. 15.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) spoon (b) good (c) wood
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) blue (b) wood (c) push
18. 18.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) pool (b) push (c) hit
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) pull (b) seat (c) pick
21. 21.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
22. 22.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) look (b) juice (c) spoon
24. 24.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) full (b) push (c) tooth
26. 26.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
27. 27.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
28. 28.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) sheep (b) seen (c) lip
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) wood (b) pull (c) blue
31. 31.Is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) chip (b) leap (c) wood
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) spoon (b) chip (c) wood
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) fit (b) chip (c) sheep
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) good (b) push (c) blue
37. 37.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) win (b) cheap (c) fit
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) book (b) sleep (c) soon
40. 40.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit

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