Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 727 · 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 “beat”? (a) seat (b) slip (c) fill
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) ship (b) cheap (c) feet
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) wood (b) school (c) full
4. 4.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
5. 5.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) pool (b) school (c) full
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) cook (b) moon (c) food
12. 12.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) wood (b) pool (c) feel
14. 14.Listen: is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) long (b) short
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) foot (b) pool (c) slip
16. 16.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) seen (b) chip (c) meal
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) food (b) steal (c) look
20. 20.Listen: is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) long (b) short
21. 21.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
22. 22.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
23. 23.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) cheap (b) hood (c) shoe
25. 25.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) food (b) push (c) good
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) pull (b) leap (c) shoe
28. 28.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) heat (b) full (c) lip
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) fill (b) soon (c) steal
31. 31.Is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) short (b) long
32. 32.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
33. 33.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
34. 34.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) seat (b) win (c) pull
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) seat (b) put (c) hit
37. 37.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) lip (b) soon (c) seen
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) fit (b) wool (c) seen
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) cheap (b) tooth (c) hit

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