Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 469 · 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 fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
2. 2.Listen: is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) feet (b) lip (c) sit
4. 4.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) meal (b) shoe (c) cook
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) slip (b) full (c) feel
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
9. 9.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) still (b) seen (c) sleep
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) fill (b) seat (c) sleep
12. 12.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) fool (b) bit (c) cook
14. 14.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) pool (b) put (c) meal
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) hood (b) pool (c) feet
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) short (b) long
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) sit (b) steal (c) sleep
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) school (b) sit (c) book
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) feel (b) spoon (c) bit
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) short (b) long
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) wool (b) cook (c) boot
25. 25.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) fill (b) pick (c) seat
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) wool (b) fool (c) still
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) moon (b) meal (c) good
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) chip (b) feel (c) fill
30. 30.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) still (b) beat (c) boot
32. 32.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) sheep (b) cook (c) moon
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) shoe (b) lip (c) pull
35. 35.Is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
37. 37.Listen: is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) push (b) beat (c) pool
39. 39.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
40. 40.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) short (b) long

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