Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 851 · 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 “bit”? (a) tooth (b) meal (c) lip
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) wood (b) feel (c) chip
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) moon (b) sleep (c) lip
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) fit (b) feet (c) soon
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) sit (b) blue (c) sleep
6. 6.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) push (b) book (c) fool
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) beat (b) foot (c) fit
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) soon (b) spoon (c) push
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) sheep (b) wood (c) hit
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) sheep (b) full (c) hit
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) feet (b) lip (c) beat
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) shoe (b) fool (c) look
16. 16.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
17. 17.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) food (b) school (c) look
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) soon (b) moon (c) pull
20. 20.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) food (b) put (c) feel
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) pick (b) ship (c) seen
23. 23.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) ship (b) cook (c) shoe
25. 25.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) pull (b) hood (c) food
27. 27.Is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
28. 28.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
29. 29.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
30. 30.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) meal (b) good (c) tooth
32. 32.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) feet (b) lip (c) feel
34. 34.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
35. 35.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
36. 36.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) slip (b) fit (c) beat
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) fill (b) seen (c) feet
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) meal (b) heat (c) win
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) look (b) shoe (c) fool

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