Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 823 · 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? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
4. 4.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) hood (b) pool (c) feet
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) feel (b) put (c) boot
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) slip (b) good (c) leap
8. 8.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) pick (b) win (c) meal
10. 10.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
11. 11.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) tooth (b) feel (c) pull
13. 13.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) win (b) blue (c) cheap
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) hit (b) sit (c) feel
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) meal (b) sit (c) blue
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) bit (b) school (c) look
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) shoe (b) steal (c) hit
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) lip (b) seen (c) juice
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) steal (b) still (c) book
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) hit (b) heat (c) hood
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) wood (b) food (c) sit
26. 26.Listen: is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) long (b) short
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) short (b) long
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) soon (b) slip (c) pull
29. 29.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
30. 30.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) leap (b) chip (c) steal
32. 32.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “cheap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) school (b) seen (c) ship
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) sleep (b) fill (c) look
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) soon (b) sheep (c) look
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) sleep (b) feet (c) sit
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) feel (b) leap (c) fill
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) leap (b) food (c) wood
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) put (b) look (c) soon

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