Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 670 · 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 “cook”? (a) cheap (b) put (c) pool
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) sleep (b) push (c) fill
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) tooth (b) sit (c) meal
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) moon (b) bit (c) cook
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) seat (b) ship (c) hit
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “moon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) pool (b) book (c) school
9. 9.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
10. 10.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
11. 11.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
12. 12.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) moon (b) fill (c) feel
14. 14.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
15. 15.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) short (b) long
16. 16.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) food (b) wood (c) boot
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) cook (b) push (c) tooth
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
20. 20.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
23. 23.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) fit (b) hood (c) sheep
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) wood (b) soon (c) pick
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) pull (b) pool (c) slip
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) juice (b) put (c) pull
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) ship (b) bit (c) leap
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) book (b) sit (c) soon
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
32. 32.Listen: is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
33. 33.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) foot (b) seen (c) fool
35. 35.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
36. 36.Listen: is the vowel sound in “ship” long or short? (a) long (b) short
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) push (b) tooth (c) sheep
38. 38.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) wool (b) seen (c) sit
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) put (b) shoe (c) cheap

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