Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 403 · 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 “book”? (a) pick (b) wool (c) spoon
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) juice (b) slip (c) book
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) hit (b) book (c) soon
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “full” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) put (b) good (c) blue
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) push (b) hood (c) school
8. 8.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) slip (b) meal (c) win
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) lip (b) win (c) seat
12. 12.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
13. 13.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
14. 14.Listen: is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) put (b) still (c) shoe
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) seat (b) ship (c) pick
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) food (b) foot (c) good
18. 18.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) slip (b) tooth (c) meal
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) bit (b) food (c) hood
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
22. 22.Listen: is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) long (b) short
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) good (b) blue (c) ship
24. 24.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
25. 25.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) school (b) hood (c) fit
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) boot (b) pick (c) cheap
28. 28.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) bit (b) still (c) sleep
30. 30.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) pick (b) meal (c) cook
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) beat (b) slip (c) feel
33. 33.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) pick (b) heat (c) look
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) heat (b) food (c) win
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) shoe (b) seat (c) wood
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) cook (b) seen (c) blue
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) chip (b) heat (c) feel
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) lip (b) moon (c) seen
40. 40.Is the vowel sound in “pool” long or short? (a) short (b) long

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