Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 853 · 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 “seen”? (a) lip (b) win (c) meal
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) sheep (b) fill (c) bit
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) beat (b) meal (c) fill
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) moon (b) steal (c) pick
5. 5.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) feet (b) hit (c) moon
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) steal (b) tooth (c) push
8. 8.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
9. 9.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) bit (b) beat
10. 10.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
11. 11.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
12. 12.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
13. 13.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) tooth (b) win (c) seat
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) full (b) fool (c) boot
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) meal (b) fool (c) cook
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) full (b) shoe (c) sleep
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) seat (b) ship (c) soon
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) still (b) cheap (c) tooth
20. 20.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) rich (b) reach
21. 21.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) soon (b) lip (c) leap
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) seen (b) pool (c) foot
24. 24.Listen: is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
26. 26.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) fool (b) steal (c) full
28. 28.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feel” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) feet (b) ship (c) leap
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) cheap (b) food (c) wool
31. 31.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) fool (b) book (c) feet
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) ship (b) full (c) blue
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) wool (b) tooth (c) push
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) soon (b) push (c) fit
37. 37.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) short (b) long
38. 38.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) pick (b) ship (c) heat
40. 40.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit

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