Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 418 · 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 “wood”? (a) leap (b) cook (c) shoe
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) shoe (b) leap (c) put
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) put (b) lip (c) beat
4. 4.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
5. 5.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
6. 6.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
7. 7.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) leap (b) good (c) slip
9. 9.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) ship (b) slip (c) feet
11. 11.Listen: is the vowel sound in “juice” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) wood (b) sleep (c) spoon
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) still (b) sleep (c) feet
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) seat (b) foot (c) fit
15. 15.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
16. 16.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
17. 17.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) spoon (b) ship (c) pull
19. 19.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
20. 20.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) wood (b) fit (c) boot
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 “put”? (a) book (b) hit (c) spoon
24. 24.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) beat (b) ship (c) blue
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) fit (b) good (c) soon
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) heat (b) still (c) seat
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) seat (b) food (c) book
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) pick (b) pull (c) steal
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) seat (b) slip (c) shoe
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) foot (b) meal (c) school
32. 32.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “cheap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) hood (b) slip (c) feet
36. 36.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) hit (b) feel (c) lip
38. 38.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) beat (b) lip (c) full
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) put (b) boot (c) feet

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