Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 429 · 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 “fool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “ship” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) pick (b) hood (c) moon
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) look (b) meal (c) bit
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) pool (b) feel (c) sit
7. 7.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
8. 8.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) shoe (b) fool (c) pull
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) wool (b) fill (c) cheap
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) foot (b) school (c) push
12. 12.Listen: is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) pull (b) pick (c) feel
14. 14.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) pull (b) ship (c) feel
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) pool (b) fill (c) look
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
19. 19.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
20. 20.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) slip (b) pool (c) look
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) put (b) moon (c) spoon
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) cook (b) book (c) school
25. 25.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) sleep (b) shoe (c) bit
27. 27.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
28. 28.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) shoe (b) cook (c) feel
30. 30.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
31. 31.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) look (b) school (c) heat
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) food (b) seat (c) pick
35. 35.Is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
37. 37.Listen: is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
38. 38.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) cheap (b) tooth (c) fit
40. 40.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full

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