Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 536 · 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 “feet”? (a) heat (b) slip (c) hood
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) hit (b) moon (c) leap
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) heat (b) feet (c) win
4. 4.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) feel (b) sit (c) pick
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) food (b) shoe (c) good
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) boot (b) wool (c) heat
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) full (b) boot (c) meal
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) feel (b) slip (c) school
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) sit (b) pick (c) seen
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) spoon (b) put (c) cheap
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) seat (b) slip (c) sit
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) cheap (b) sit (c) book
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) slip (b) chip (c) feet
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) pull (b) school (c) fool
17. 17.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) boot (b) hit (c) full
19. 19.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) cheap (b) win (c) moon
21. 21.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
22. 22.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
23. 23.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) meal (b) cook (c) still
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) sleep (b) tooth (c) ship
26. 26.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) chip (b) steal (c) pool
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) good (b) tooth (c) sit
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “pool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) book (b) pool (c) ship
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) heat (b) ship (c) bit
32. 32.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) win (b) fit (c) cheap
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) still (b) beat (c) push
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) heat (b) hood (c) spoon
36. 36.Is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) seat (b) win (c) blue
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) seat (b) push (c) win
39. 39.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) hit (b) full (c) fool

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