Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 797 · 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 “ship”? (a) fit (b) cheap (c) sleep
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) seen (b) push (c) slip
3. 3.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
4. 4.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) foot (b) moon (c) seen
7. 7.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) sheep (b) pick (c) book
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) food (b) wood (c) shoe
11. 11.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
12. 12.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
13. 13.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
14. 14.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
15. 15.Is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) pick (b) seen (c) moon
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) seen (b) fill (c) tooth
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) sleep (b) chip (c) juice
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) blue (b) hit (c) feel
20. 20.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) soon (b) sheep (c) fill
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) long (b) short
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) seat (b) push (c) moon
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) fool (b) chip (c) good
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) shoe (b) full (c) sit
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) pick (b) heat (c) foot
28. 28.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) cheap (b) pool (c) ship
30. 30.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
31. 31.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
32. 32.Is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) short (b) long
33. 33.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) bit (b) fool (c) steal
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) pick (b) leap (c) seen
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) tooth (b) full (c) wool
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) good (b) pull (c) school
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) foot (b) lip (c) meal
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) leap (b) cook (c) tooth
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) put (b) fit (c) pool

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