Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 42 · 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 “fit”? (a) leap (b) moon (c) fill
2. 2.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Listen: is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) seen (b) chip (c) moon
6. 6.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
7. 7.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) wool (b) pull (c) fool
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) hood (b) beat (c) moon
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) short (b) long
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) slip (b) sleep (c) good
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) put (b) school (c) pool
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) spoon (b) lip (c) heat
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) ship (b) slip (c) seen
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) boot (b) heat (c) book
19. 19.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) feel (b) pull (c) slip
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) blue (b) fit (c) feel
22. 22.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
23. 23.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
24. 24.Is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
25. 25.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) sit (b) meal (c) sheep
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) lip (b) beat (c) meal
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) seat (b) wool (c) hit
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) juice (b) slip (c) pull
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) lip (b) sheep (c) seat
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) fool (b) fill (c) sleep
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) pull (b) fill (c) steal
34. 34.Listen: is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) lip (b) meal (c) steal
36. 36.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
37. 37.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
38. 38.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) short (b) long
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) seen (b) lip (c) juice
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) feel (b) seen (c) ship

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