Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 476 · 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 “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) feet (b) wood (c) hit
4. 4.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) put (b) hit (c) beat
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) fit (b) beat (c) cheap
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) good (b) beat (c) chip
9. 9.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
14. 14.Is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) short (b) long
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) win (b) school (c) beat
16. 16.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) heat (b) pull (c) hit
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) cheap (b) ship (c) chip
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) sit (b) boot (c) feel
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) moon (b) pull (c) put
23. 23.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) book (b) pick (c) juice
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) fill (b) shoe (c) sleep
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) juice (b) meal (c) hood
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
28. 28.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) wool (b) moon (c) seat
31. 31.Is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) long (b) short
32. 32.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) juice (b) sleep (c) ship
35. 35.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) hit (b) leap (c) heat
37. 37.Listen: is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
38. 38.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
39. 39.Listen: is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) food (b) fit (c) push

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