Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 895 · 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 fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
2. 2.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
3. 3.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “cheap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “tooth” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) sheep (b) push (c) ship
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) book (b) fool (c) heat
9. 9.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) full (b) seat (c) slip
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) beat (b) soon (c) bit
12. 12.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
13. 13.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
14. 14.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) meal (b) foot (c) school
16. 16.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) moon (b) cook (c) sit
18. 18.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) slip (b) soon (c) feel
20. 20.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) tooth (b) cook (c) boot
22. 22.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
23. 23.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
24. 24.Is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) sit (b) juice (c) steal
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) wood (b) fool (c) pull
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) heat (b) ship (c) pool
28. 28.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) meal (b) blue (c) hit
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) wool (b) heat (c) food
31. 31.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek
32. 32.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) pool (b) sit (c) sleep
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) book (b) good (c) soon
35. 35.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) still (b) steal
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) leap (b) shoe (c) pull
37. 37.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
38. 38.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) steal (b) foot (c) bit
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) school (b) cook (c) lip

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