Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 48 · 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 has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) meal (b) win (c) school
2. 2.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) feet (b) ship (c) book
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) long (b) short
5. 5.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) seat (b) hit (c) look
7. 7.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) wood (b) bit (c) seat
12. 12.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
13. 13.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) foot (b) fool (c) sleep
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) seen (b) pool (c) still
16. 16.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) bit (b) seat (c) slip
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) steal (b) foot (c) juice
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) beat (b) blue (c) sit
21. 21.Listen: is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
22. 22.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) bit (b) feel (c) fill
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) fill (b) spoon (c) seat
25. 25.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
26. 26.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) book (b) win (c) blue
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) soon (b) wool (c) spoon
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) win (b) sheep (c) ship
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) still (b) leap (c) slip
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) spoon (b) fit (c) steal
32. 32.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
33. 33.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) bit (b) soon (c) cook
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) fill (b) still (c) leap
36. 36.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
37. 37.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) ship (b) wood (c) school
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) full (b) boot (c) bit
40. 40.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel

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