Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 841 · 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? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
2. 2.Listen: is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) boot (b) heat (c) full
6. 6.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) leap (b) moon (c) full
8. 8.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
9. 9.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
10. 10.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) slip (b) wood (c) seen
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) feet (b) chip (c) wool
13. 13.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) cheap (b) heat (c) win
15. 15.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) win (b) heat (c) beat
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) chip (b) pool (c) sleep
18. 18.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
19. 19.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
20. 20.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) shoe (b) sheep (c) slip
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) leap (b) ship (c) fit
23. 23.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) food (b) lip (c) full
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) hood (b) juice (c) shoe
26. 26.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
27. 27.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) cheap (b) hit (c) cook
29. 29.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
30. 30.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) still (b) wood (c) cheap
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) wool (b) boot (c) feel
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) book (b) fill (c) feel
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) sit (b) sheep (c) beat
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) feel (b) soon (c) win
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) hood (b) win (c) feel
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) school (b) food (c) put
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) ship (b) sheep (c) put
39. 39.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) shoe (b) foot (c) sit

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