Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 789 · 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 “slip”? (a) beat (b) leap (c) pick
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) lip (b) ship (c) sheep
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sleep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) look (b) lip (c) boot
8. 8.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
9. 9.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) cheap (b) full (c) pool
11. 11.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) full (b) hood (c) fool
14. 14.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
15. 15.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) fool (b) wood (c) pull
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) book (b) cook (c) boot
20. 20.Listen: is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
21. 21.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
22. 22.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) ship (b) heat (c) good
24. 24.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
25. 25.Is the vowel sound in “cheap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
26. 26.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
27. 27.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
28. 28.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) leap (b) book (c) fit
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) chip (b) shoe (c) sleep
32. 32.Listen: is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) tooth (b) sit (c) full
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) food (b) meal (c) book
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) feel (b) school (c) slip
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) juice (b) beat (c) lip
38. 38.Is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) short (b) long
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) moon (b) sleep (c) still
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) still (b) win (c) sheep

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