Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 434 · 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: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) tooth (b) pick (c) feet
2. 2.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) food (b) pool (c) put
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) spoon (b) full (c) cook
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) bit (b) leap (c) seat
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) seen (b) spoon (c) fit
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) win (b) seat (c) feel
11. 11.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) foot (b) still (c) feet
14. 14.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
15. 15.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
16. 16.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) feel (b) hit (c) pool
19. 19.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
20. 20.Is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) short (b) long
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) seat (b) seen (c) fill
22. 22.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) seen (b) fill (c) cheap
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) foot (b) slip (c) leap
25. 25.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) sit (b) wood (c) spoon
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) slip (b) cheap (c) beat
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) school (b) leap (c) fit
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) lip (b) foot (c) sleep
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) wood (b) win (c) leap
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) sit (b) fit (c) cheap
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) blue (b) sheep (c) push
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) win (b) fool (c) good
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) slip (b) cook (c) seat
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) bit (b) boot (c) push
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) boot (b) hood (c) sheep
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) pool (b) foot (c) good
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) lip (b) full (c) food
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) heat (b) ship (c) food

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