Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 799 · 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: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
3. 3.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) moon (b) wool (c) beat
5. 5.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
6. 6.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) book (b) feet (c) still
8. 8.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) beat (b) feel (c) still
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) soon (b) foot (c) feel
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) sleep (b) food (c) sit
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) bit (b) boot (c) feet
13. 13.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
14. 14.Is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) bit (b) cheap (c) win
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) food (b) hood (c) seat
18. 18.Listen: is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) sit (b) pick (c) seen
20. 20.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
21. 21.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
22. 22.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) slip (b) cook (c) shoe
24. 24.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) sleep (b) cook (c) school
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) fill (b) feel (c) still
27. 27.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
28. 28.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) shoe (b) full (c) win
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) boot (b) feel (c) book
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) win (b) still (c) sheep
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) seen (b) cook (c) pool
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) cheap (b) cook (c) fool
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) wood (b) ship (c) seat
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) shoe (b) bit (c) push
36. 36.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) sheep (b) feel (c) slip
38. 38.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
39. 39.Is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) spoon (b) pick (c) hood

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