Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 678 · 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 “fit”? (a) lip (b) leap (c) feel
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) fit (b) hit (c) seat
3. 3.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
4. 4.Listen: is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
6. 6.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
7. 7.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) heat (b) fit (c) still
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) food (b) juice (c) hood
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) push (b) steal (c) bit
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) win (b) seen (c) feet
13. 13.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
14. 14.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) sleep (b) ship (c) leap
16. 16.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) school (b) feel (c) look
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) juice (b) win (c) feel
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) foot (b) still (c) moon
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) bit (b) pull (c) spoon
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) beat (b) ship (c) moon
22. 22.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
23. 23.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) fit (b) fool (c) wool
25. 25.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) pick (b) push (c) school
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) boot (b) foot (c) sleep
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) long (b) short
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) long (b) short
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) put (b) fit (c) sleep
31. 31.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
32. 32.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) long (b) short
33. 33.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
34. 34.Is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) short (b) long
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) wool (b) shoe (c) still
36. 36.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
37. 37.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
38. 38.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) pull (b) cheap (c) sit
40. 40.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each

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