Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 407 · 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 “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) food (b) fill (c) heat
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
5. 5.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) juice (b) fill (c) cook
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) spoon (b) fit (c) feel
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) foot (b) seen (c) fill
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) feet (b) slip (c) hit
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) juice (b) hood (c) wood
11. 11.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) slip (b) sleep (c) seen
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
15. 15.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) lip (b) heat (c) book
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “ship” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) school (b) fool (c) pull
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) juice (b) feel (c) hit
20. 20.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
21. 21.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
22. 22.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) book (b) spoon (c) wool
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) meal (b) lip (c) put
25. 25.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) still (b) cheap (c) heat
27. 27.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
28. 28.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
29. 29.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) soon (b) ship (c) look
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) meal (b) wool (c) fool
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) bit (b) school (c) seat
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) win (b) ship (c) seen
34. 34.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) wool (b) steal (c) school
36. 36.Is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
37. 37.Listen: is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) pick (b) soon (c) feel
39. 39.Is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip

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