Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 732 · 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 has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) lip (b) school (c) sheep
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) hit (b) sheep (c) pick
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) hood (b) tooth (c) shoe
5. 5.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
6. 6.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) leap (b) cheap (c) pick
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) feel (b) feet (c) ship
9. 9.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “pool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
12. 12.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
13. 13.Listen: is the vowel sound in “moon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) food (b) full (c) fit
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) full (b) fool (c) pool
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) meal (b) tooth (c) wool
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) full (b) bit (c) seat
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) blue (b) book (c) hit
21. 21.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
22. 22.Listen: is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) long (b) short
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) heat (b) slip (c) feel
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) blue (b) chip (c) sleep
25. 25.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) sleep (b) good (c) lip
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) beat (b) school (c) wool
28. 28.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) heat (b) still (c) cheap
30. 30.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) blue (b) push (c) beat
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) meal (b) heat (c) bit
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) juice (b) feet (c) wool
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) ship (b) bit (c) seat
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) steal (b) food (c) push
36. 36.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) sleep (b) pull (c) fill
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) heat (b) soon (c) pull
39. 39.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) boot (b) fill (c) steal

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