Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 660 · 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 “feet”? (a) seat (b) shoe (c) win
2. 2.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) full (b) fit (c) seen
4. 4.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
5. 5.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
6. 6.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
7. 7.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) fill (b) full (c) leap
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) pull (b) fit (c) spoon
10. 10.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) juice (b) hit (c) wool
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) fool (b) blue (c) push
13. 13.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
14. 14.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
15. 15.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) feel (b) moon (c) pull
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) cheap (b) heat (c) slip
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) beat (b) blue (c) push
20. 20.Is the vowel sound in “moon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
21. 21.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) put (b) wool (c) soon
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) heat (b) win (c) beat
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) wool (b) lip (c) feet
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) feel (b) fool (c) wool
26. 26.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
27. 27.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) shoe (b) wood (c) ship
29. 29.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) heat (b) spoon (c) win
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) put (b) chip (c) leap
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) put (b) sit (c) spoon
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) cook (b) full (c) fool
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) feel (b) pick (c) bit
36. 36.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) pool (b) heat (c) lip
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) fit (b) meal (c) put
39. 39.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
40. 40.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill

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