Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 508 · 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 “feel”? (a) tooth (b) pick (c) heat
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) fill (b) push (c) moon
4. 4.Listen: is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) short (b) long
6. 6.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
7. 7.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) wood (b) push (c) fool
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) chip (b) feel (c) bit
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) feel (b) slip (c) shoe
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “juice” long or short? (a) short (b) long
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) pull (b) bit (c) juice
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) bit (b) put (c) fool
14. 14.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) short (b) long
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) heat (b) win (c) fit
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) feel (b) put (c) ship
18. 18.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
19. 19.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
20. 20.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
21. 21.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) food (b) feet (c) put
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) sit (b) push (c) boot
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) school (b) soon (c) cook
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) spoon (b) wood (c) boot
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) still (b) food (c) good
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) blue (b) full (c) food
29. 29.Listen: is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) fool (b) good (c) put
31. 31.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) foot (b) boot (c) shoe
33. 33.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
34. 34.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) sheep (b) look (c) ship
36. 36.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
37. 37.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
38. 38.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) spoon (b) slip (c) push
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) chip (b) bit (c) feet

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