Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 676 · 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 fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) pool (b) food (c) push
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) fool (b) book (c) pull
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) cheap (b) fill (c) bit
6. 6.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) bit (b) push (c) heat
9. 9.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) juice (b) leap (c) cook
11. 11.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) moon (b) pick (c) wood
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) fill (b) shoe (c) sleep
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) bit (b) seen (c) hit
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) book (b) win (c) school
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) leap (b) fill (c) school
17. 17.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
18. 18.Is the vowel sound in “sleep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) moon (b) meal (c) ship
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) feet (b) fit (c) wool
21. 21.Listen: is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
23. 23.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
24. 24.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
25. 25.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) cook (b) chip (c) soon
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) chip (b) good (c) sleep
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) tooth (b) good (c) still
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) food (b) chip (c) seat
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) book (b) steal (c) moon
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) still (b) wood (c) feet
32. 32.Is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
33. 33.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
34. 34.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
35. 35.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) win (b) soon (c) put
37. 37.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) sit (b) sheep (c) wood
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) soon (b) feel (c) wool
40. 40.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel

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