Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 518 · 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 “seat”? (a) school (b) sit (c) feel
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) push (b) juice (c) slip
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) pull (b) boot (c) push
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) chip (b) fit (c) seat
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) hit (b) moon (c) sheep
7. 7.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
8. 8.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
9. 9.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
10. 10.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) food (b) wool (c) hood
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) blue (b) moon (c) good
14. 14.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) soon (b) pull (c) fool
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) fool (b) slip (c) cook
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) heat (b) fit (c) food
18. 18.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) tooth (b) leap (c) wool
20. 20.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) foot (b) pool (c) fool
22. 22.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) cheap (b) sleep (c) still
25. 25.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) sit (b) blue (c) wool
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
28. 28.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
29. 29.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) fit (b) foot (c) meal
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) sit (b) meal (c) wood
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) school (b) fill (c) feet
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) spoon (b) moon (c) wood
34. 34.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
36. 36.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) wood (b) tooth (c) juice
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) heat (b) hood (c) boot
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) hit (b) good (c) blue
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) pick (b) hood (c) sheep

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