Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 78 · 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? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) sit (b) feet (c) steal
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) feel (b) sheep (c) ship
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) feel (b) fool (c) fill
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) meal (b) pick (c) fill
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) pick (b) heat (c) look
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) short (b) long
9. 9.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
10. 10.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “cheap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) sheep (b) put (c) food
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) pool (b) shoe (c) foot
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) wood (b) win (c) food
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) hit (b) food (c) good
16. 16.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) hit (b) good (c) sheep
18. 18.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) seen (b) fool (c) bit
20. 20.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) wool (b) leap (c) tooth
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) book (b) still (c) spoon
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) full (b) ship (c) tooth
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) win (b) feet (c) cook
25. 25.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
26. 26.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
27. 27.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
28. 28.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
29. 29.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) leap (b) cheap (c) lip
31. 31.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) shoe (b) leap (c) slip
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) spoon (b) hood (c) meal
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) sit (b) put (c) juice
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “full” long or short? (a) long (b) short
36. 36.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) school (b) boot (c) put
38. 38.Is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) tooth (b) pool (c) cook
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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