Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 679 · 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? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) win (b) pull (c) moon
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) fool (b) full (c) seen
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) sheep (b) good (c) shoe
5. 5.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) boot (b) look (c) beat
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) sit (b) push (c) soon
12. 12.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
13. 13.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) tooth (b) wood (c) bit
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) seen (b) steal (c) sit
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) put (b) school (c) spoon
17. 17.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
18. 18.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) sheep (b) fool (c) slip
20. 20.Listen: is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) beat (b) hit (c) foot
22. 22.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) seen (b) ship (c) sleep
24. 24.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
25. 25.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) chip (b) moon (c) full
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) fool (b) wood (c) bit
28. 28.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) sleep (b) cook (c) pick
31. 31.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) cook (b) pool (c) food
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) sheep (b) fit (c) feel
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) lip (b) boot (c) seat
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) chip (b) cook (c) soon
36. 36.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) look (b) ship (c) food
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) meal (b) slip (c) push
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) still (b) seat (c) put
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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