Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 482 · 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 “look”? (a) sleep (b) book (c) moon
2. 2.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
3. 3.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) pool (b) put (c) fit
5. 5.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) hood (b) tooth (c) still
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Listen: is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) moon (b) wool (c) bit
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) wood (b) feet (c) slip
11. 11.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) fit (b) blue (c) push
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) still (b) seat (c) lip
14. 14.Listen: is the vowel sound in “moon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
15. 15.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) sleep (b) fit (c) still
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) seat (b) cook (c) lip
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) food (b) book (c) foot
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) sleep (b) heat (c) bit
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) fill (b) food (c) feet
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) spoon (b) fill (c) look
26. 26.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) fit (b) moon (c) pull
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) still (b) steal (c) beat
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) fill (b) sit (c) heat
31. 31.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) leap (b) chip (c) fit
33. 33.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
34. 34.Listen: is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) short (b) long
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) seen (b) book (c) pool
36. 36.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
37. 37.Is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) steal (b) lip (c) push
39. 39.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) meal (b) foot (c) shoe

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