Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 445 · 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.Is the vowel sound in “juice” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) boot (b) still (c) sheep
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) moon (b) cook (c) tooth
6. 6.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) juice (b) meal (c) cook
8. 8.Listen: is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) foot (b) beat (c) soon
11. 11.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) ship (b) pick (c) heat
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) boot (b) push (c) fool
14. 14.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
15. 15.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) hit (b) seen (c) wood
17. 17.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) pick (b) fool (c) put
19. 19.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) feet (b) blue (c) put
21. 21.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) seat (b) tooth (c) lip
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) pull (b) juice (c) full
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) chip (b) push (c) spoon
25. 25.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
26. 26.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) cheap (b) soon (c) fit
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) seen (b) slip (c) sleep
29. 29.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) wood (b) fit (c) pool
31. 31.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) tooth (b) feet (c) fill
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) cheap (b) still (c) ship
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) slip (b) seen (c) feel
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) pool (b) meal (c) pull
36. 36.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) fool (b) lip (c) book
38. 38.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
39. 39.Is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) seen (b) foot (c) ship

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