Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 863 · 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: is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) ship (b) good (c) seen
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) spoon (b) wood (c) tooth
4. 4.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
5. 5.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) tooth (b) foot (c) cook
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) juice (b) steal (c) cook
8. 8.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) steal (b) still
9. 9.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) short (b) long
10. 10.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) blue (b) hood (c) moon
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) sit (b) meal (c) good
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “ship” long or short? (a) short (b) long
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) book (b) spoon (c) fit
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) seat (b) spoon (c) still
16. 16.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) fill (b) win (c) seen
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) sheep (b) sit (c) wool
19. 19.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
20. 20.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
21. 21.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) reach (b) rich
22. 22.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) full (b) cook (c) shoe
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) push (b) soon (c) hit
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) steal (b) still (c) leap
26. 26.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
27. 27.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) feet (b) pick (c) soon
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) pool (b) sleep (c) bit
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) heat (b) put (c) pool
32. 32.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) push (b) foot (c) pool
35. 35.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) leap (b) spoon (c) win
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) seat (b) fill (c) moon
38. 38.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
39. 39.Is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) short (b) long
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) still (b) feel (c) beat

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