Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 696 · 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? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) fill (b) look (c) feel
6. 6.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
7. 7.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) cook (b) fit (c) tooth
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) hit (b) steal (c) seen
11. 11.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “ship” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) short (b) long
14. 14.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
15. 15.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) chip (b) wood (c) moon
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) short (b) long
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) fit (b) foot (c) pool
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) ship (b) cheap (c) wool
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) feel (b) boot (c) pull
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) slip (b) seat (c) feel
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) fit (b) look (c) tooth
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) juice (b) sit (c) seen
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) school (b) steal (c) chip
27. 27.Is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) long (b) short
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) blue (b) spoon (c) look
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) juice (b) push (c) fit
30. 30.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) meal (b) slip (c) fool
32. 32.Is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
33. 33.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) win (b) pool (c) put
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) cheap (b) seat (c) chip
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) beat (b) meal (c) ship
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) moon (b) look (c) tooth
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) shoe (b) book (c) feet
39. 39.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) cook (b) feet (c) fit

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