Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 656 · 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 has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) seat (b) cook (c) sit
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) wool (b) foot (c) fool
3. 3.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) sit (b) look (c) school
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) meal (b) lip (c) sheep
6. 6.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) bit (b) soon (c) wood
8. 8.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
9. 9.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) pool (b) juice (c) good
11. 11.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) spoon (b) hood (c) sheep
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) meal (b) hit (c) steal
14. 14.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
15. 15.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) full (b) shoe (c) lip
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) wool (b) shoe (c) wood
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) feel (b) feet (c) sit
20. 20.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
21. 21.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
22. 22.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
23. 23.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) bit (b) steal (c) fit
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) feel (b) hood (c) pick
26. 26.Is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) long (b) short
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) full (b) pool (c) boot
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) still (b) moon (c) meal
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) soon (b) sleep (c) wood
31. 31.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
32. 32.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
33. 33.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
34. 34.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) spoon (b) look (c) wood
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) tooth (b) cheap (c) cook
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) hit (b) heat (c) push
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) fill (b) pool (c) feel
39. 39.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) lip (b) seen (c) sheep

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