Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 876 · 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 “pick”? (a) sleep (b) slip (c) feel
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) tooth (b) shoe (c) full
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) leap (b) fill (c) shoe
4. 4.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
5. 5.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) cheap (b) blue (c) chip
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) food (b) leap (c) wool
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) fit (b) chip (c) meal
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) cheap (b) chip (c) push
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) full (b) food (c) foot
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) ship (b) heat (c) feel
13. 13.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
14. 14.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
15. 15.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
16. 16.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
17. 17.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
18. 18.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) hood (b) tooth (c) hit
20. 20.Listen: is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) long (b) short
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) heat (b) moon (c) chip
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) foot (b) pick (c) juice
23. 23.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
24. 24.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) hood (b) wood (c) pool
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) meal (b) fool (c) push
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) cheap (b) still (c) foot
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) pull (b) moon (c) cheap
28. 28.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) pool (b) lip (c) put
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) long (b) short
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) good (b) pool (c) sit
32. 32.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
33. 33.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) chip (b) cheap
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) foot (b) bit (c) tooth
35. 35.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) meal (b) spoon (c) fill
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) steal (b) lip (c) sleep
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) seat (b) blue (c) wood
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) push (b) good (c) moon
40. 40.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap

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