Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 822 · 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 “meal”? (a) win (b) sit (c) steal
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) cheap (b) lip (c) fool
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) fool (b) meal (c) ship
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) steal (b) ship (c) cheap
6. 6.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
7. 7.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) sit (b) good (c) feel
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) fool (b) lip (c) foot
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) spoon (b) bit (c) cook
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) seat (b) book (c) shoe
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) sleep (b) feel (c) fit
16. 16.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) spoon (b) pull (c) win
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) wood (b) sleep (c) lip
19. 19.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) slip (b) foot (c) spoon
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) tooth (b) sleep (c) fill
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
23. 23.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
24. 24.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) still (b) sleep (c) feel
26. 26.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
27. 27.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) spoon (b) school (c) look
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) pick (b) steal (c) seen
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
35. 35.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) pool (b) sit (c) feel
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) sit (b) spoon (c) feel
38. 38.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
39. 39.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) school (b) wool (c) sit

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