Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 868 · 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 “pull”? (a) fill (b) fool (c) full
2. 2.Listen: is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) wood (b) juice (c) pull
5. 5.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) push (b) slip (c) school
7. 7.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) hit (b) sit (c) leap
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) bit (b) moon (c) hood
10. 10.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) ship (b) full (c) beat
12. 12.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) fill (b) beat (c) hood
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) school (b) fit (c) wood
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) bit (b) book (c) fool
17. 17.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) boot (b) shoe (c) push
19. 19.Listen: is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) short (b) long
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) pick (b) sleep (c) pool
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) cook (b) juice (c) wood
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) pool (b) meal (c) look
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) win (b) tooth (c) feet
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) cook (b) feel (c) pool
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) beat (b) win (c) leap
27. 27.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) seat (b) still (c) good
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) sheep (b) hood (c) blue
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) moon (b) full (c) food
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) heat (b) book (c) fit
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) full (b) fill (c) seat
33. 33.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) push (b) heat (c) ship
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) chip (b) feel (c) cook
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) full (b) lip (c) blue
37. 37.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
38. 38.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
39. 39.Listen: is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) short (b) long
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) ship (b) look (c) fool

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