Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 828 · 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 has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) lip (b) juice (c) heat
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) leap (b) bit (c) ship
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) hit (b) juice (c) wood
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) long (b) short
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) pull (b) ship (c) school
6. 6.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
7. 7.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
8. 8.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
9. 9.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) foot (b) win (c) seen
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) book (b) pool (c) shoe
13. 13.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) wood (b) school (c) push
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) seat (b) pool (c) hit
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) book (b) still (c) leap
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) cook (b) fit (c) feel
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) full (b) sit (c) meal
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) heat (b) good (c) moon
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) meal (b) look (c) blue
21. 21.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) still (b) moon (c) leap
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “ship” long or short? (a) short (b) long
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) tooth (b) win (c) cook
25. 25.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) hood (b) book (c) spoon
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) beat (b) school (c) win
28. 28.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
29. 29.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) push (b) hood (c) fool
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) hood (b) pool (c) good
32. 32.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) look (b) win (c) blue
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) leap (b) chip (c) meal
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) moon (b) sheep (c) full
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) seat (b) full (c) ship
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) school (b) feel (c) pull
38. 38.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
39. 39.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) put (b) fool (c) sit

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