Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 531 · 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.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) look (b) cheap (c) slip
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) juice (b) push (c) book
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) put (b) win (c) food
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) sleep (b) cheap (c) slip
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) seat (b) slip (c) foot
7. 7.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
8. 8.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) shoe (b) ship (c) cook
10. 10.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
11. 11.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
12. 12.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) shoe (b) heat (c) chip
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) hit (b) meal (c) moon
15. 15.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) tooth (b) steal (c) cook
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
19. 19.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) meal (b) wood (c) tooth
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) cook (b) soon (c) still
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) meal (b) look (c) chip
23. 23.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) sheep (b) feel (c) bit
25. 25.Listen: is the vowel sound in “moon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) blue (b) good (c) push
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) short (b) long
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) soon (b) pool (c) pull
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) wool (b) foot (c) shoe
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) put (b) steal (c) blue
31. 31.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) beat (b) sheep (c) fill
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) lip (b) bit (c) sleep
34. 34.Is the vowel sound in “sleep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) juice (b) cheap (c) book
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) lip (b) cheap (c) sit
38. 38.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
39. 39.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) moon (b) wood (c) cheap

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