Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 470 · 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 “win” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “full” long or short? (a) short (b) long
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) fill (b) tooth (c) wool
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) food (b) shoe (c) full
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) hit (b) foot (c) steal
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) shoe (b) fill (c) seat
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) fool (b) boot (c) wood
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) blue (b) meal (c) hit
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) sleep (b) pull (c) tooth
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) fool (b) leap (c) put
18. 18.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) pick (b) sheep (c) juice
22. 22.Listen: is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) steal (b) ship (c) fit
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) cook (b) lip (c) feel
25. 25.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
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 “put”? (a) tooth (b) cook (c) juice
28. 28.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) fool (b) sleep (c) hit
30. 30.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
31. 31.Is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) sheep (b) lip (c) foot
33. 33.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
34. 34.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
35. 35.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
36. 36.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
37. 37.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) leap (b) cheap (c) pick
39. 39.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
40. 40.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel

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