Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 76 · 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? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
2. 2.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) feel (b) book (c) fill
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
9. 9.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) sleep (b) sit (c) leap
11. 11.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
12. 12.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) lip (b) beat (c) cook
14. 14.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) tooth (b) put (c) sheep
16. 16.Is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) juice (b) push (c) wood
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) wool (b) shoe (c) leap
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) slip (b) pull (c) juice
20. 20.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
21. 21.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) blue (b) look (c) spoon
23. 23.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) short (b) long
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) push (b) lip (c) shoe
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) lip (b) sleep (c) put
26. 26.Is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) pull (b) boot (c) chip
28. 28.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) pull (b) boot (c) chip
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) sheep (b) sit (c) slip
31. 31.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) soon (b) feet (c) fill
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) food (b) chip (c) steal
35. 35.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
36. 36.Is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
37. 37.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) cheap (b) sheep (c) ship
39. 39.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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