Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 626 · 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.Is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) cook (b) tooth (c) foot
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) chip (b) bit (c) seat
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) feel (b) cheap (c) lip
6. 6.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) win (b) hit (c) feet
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) put (b) moon (c) fool
9. 9.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) ship (b) pool (c) good
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) ship (b) fit (c) leap
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) fool (b) look (c) lip
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) juice (b) push (c) meal
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) sleep (b) ship (c) still
15. 15.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
16. 16.Is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) short (b) long
17. 17.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
18. 18.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Listen: is the vowel sound in “pool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) wool (b) spoon (c) pick
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) moon (b) sit (c) hood
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) sit (b) steal (c) fool
24. 24.Listen: is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) food (b) hood (c) still
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) full (b) pool (c) foot
28. 28.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) book (b) moon (c) feet
30. 30.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
31. 31.Is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) seat (b) ship (c) cheap
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) soon (b) pool (c) book
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) steal (b) book (c) tooth
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) push (b) sheep (c) juice
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) meal (b) fill (c) full
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) heat (b) lip (c) chip
39. 39.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) ship (b) shoe (c) seat

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