Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 616 · 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 “slip”? (a) meal (b) tooth (c) sit
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) ship (b) hood (c) sleep
3. 3.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
4. 4.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
5. 5.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) hood (b) blue (c) food
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) sit (b) blue (c) leap
8. 8.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) meal (b) pool (c) book
11. 11.Listen: is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) juice (b) cheap (c) win
13. 13.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) hit (b) ship (c) steal
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) fill (b) shoe (c) seen
17. 17.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
18. 18.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) cheap (b) fool (c) sit
20. 20.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) good (b) meal (c) pool
22. 22.Listen: is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short
24. 24.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) food (b) cheap (c) sit
26. 26.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) fill (b) book (c) sheep
28. 28.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
29. 29.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
30. 30.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) lip (b) hit (c) beat
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) full (b) soon (c) sleep
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) blue (b) put (c) chip
34. 34.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
35. 35.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) steal (b) shoe (c) put
37. 37.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
38. 38.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
39. 39.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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