Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 744 · 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.Is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) sit (b) feel (c) seat
3. 3.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) ship (b) chip (c) heat
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) hit (b) put (c) blue
6. 6.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) hit (b) pull (c) sheep
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) sheep (b) blue (c) book
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) lip (b) pull (c) soon
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) beat (b) push (c) chip
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) hit (b) sheep (c) fool
13. 13.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) leap (b) bit (c) seen
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) slip (b) shoe (c) book
16. 16.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) seat (b) soon (c) wood
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) shoe (b) cook (c) fill
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) fool (b) put (c) sheep
20. 20.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) meal (b) sleep (c) fit
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) fill (b) seat (c) seen
23. 23.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) sheep (b) full (c) soon
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) hood (b) pick (c) steal
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) good (b) seat (c) sit
27. 27.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
28. 28.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) push (b) spoon (c) heat
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) fill (b) boot (c) sheep
31. 31.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) still (b) full (c) juice
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) shoe (b) boot (c) foot
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) heat (b) win (c) wood
37. 37.Listen: is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
38. 38.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) sit (b) hood (c) spoon
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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