Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 631 · 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 “good”? (a) spoon (b) food (c) hood
2. 2.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) spoon (b) foot (c) push
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) put (b) hood (c) juice
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) sit (b) wool (c) fool
6. 6.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
9. 9.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) sheep (b) push (c) slip
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) spoon (b) ship (c) cook
12. 12.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) blue (b) win (c) heat
14. 14.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
15. 15.Is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) hood (b) soon (c) fill
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
19. 19.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) cook (b) slip (c) spoon
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) push (b) seat (c) ship
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) look (b) still (c) steal
23. 23.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) ship (b) school (c) full
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) beat (b) sheep (c) ship
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) beat (b) put (c) boot
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) chip (b) cook (c) leap
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) fool (b) slip (c) full
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) fool (b) sit (c) push
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) win (b) pool (c) full
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) cheap (b) look (c) win
32. 32.Listen: is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) long (b) short
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) beat (b) chip (c) food
34. 34.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) push (b) ship (c) cheap
36. 36.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) foot (b) beat (c) sit
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) sleep (b) hood (c) blue
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) sleep (b) pick (c) pool
40. 40.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet

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