Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 461 · 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 “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) win (b) school (c) leap
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) feel (b) slip (c) sit
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) ship (b) fool (c) put
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) fill (b) chip (c) cheap
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) foot (b) meal (c) lip
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) ship (b) feet (c) full
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) moon (b) hit (c) feel
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) sleep (b) juice (c) wool
13. 13.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
14. 14.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
15. 15.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) slip (b) seat (c) boot
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) blue (b) hit (c) look
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) juice (b) moon (c) hood
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) short (b) long
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) leap (b) cook (c) slip
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) wood (b) meal (c) tooth
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) tooth (b) full (c) fill
24. 24.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
26. 26.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) heat (b) ship (c) fool
28. 28.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
29. 29.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) beat (b) bit (c) still
31. 31.Is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) long (b) short
32. 32.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) lip (b) pick (c) sheep
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) food (b) bit (c) look
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) blue (b) cook (c) chip
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) win (b) seat (c) beat
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) chip (b) heat (c) meal
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) pull (b) food (c) pick
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) heat (b) lip (c) wood
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) wood (b) heat (c) slip

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