Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 579 · 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 fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) steal (b) sheep (c) pick
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) moon (b) pull (c) spoon
6. 6.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) wood (b) school (c) leap
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) look (b) seen (c) sit
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) fit (b) good (c) juice
13. 13.Listen: is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) slip (b) soon (c) hood
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) steal (b) sleep (c) lip
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) juice (b) look (c) cheap
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) seat (b) sheep (c) hit
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sleep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
20. 20.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) food (b) spoon (c) wood
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “pool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) bit (b) leap (c) fill
24. 24.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) sleep (b) hit (c) soon
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) feet (b) sit (c) still
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) pool (b) hood (c) fool
28. 28.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) lip (b) sheep (c) pull
30. 30.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) short (b) long
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) cheap (b) shoe (c) pull
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) feet (b) sit (c) seen
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) bit (b) meal (c) book
35. 35.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) fool (b) chip (c) sheep
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) steal (b) hit (c) leap
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) chip (b) fill (c) seen
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) leap (b) still (c) pool
40. 40.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap

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