Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 907 · 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 “full”? (a) school (b) juice (c) wood
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) moon (b) bit (c) good
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) fit (b) sheep (c) bit
5. 5.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) ship (b) book (c) seat
7. 7.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
8. 8.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
9. 9.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) shoe (b) bit (c) feet
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) moon (b) fit (c) feel
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) leap (b) bit (c) wood
13. 13.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) book (b) seen (c) fool
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) wood (b) sheep (c) fill
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) hood (b) seat (c) still
17. 17.Is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) ship (b) full (c) fool
19. 19.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
20. 20.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
21. 21.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) feel (b) food (c) push
23. 23.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) meal (b) ship (c) beat
25. 25.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) pool (b) lip (c) seen
27. 27.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) long (b) short
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) seat (b) spoon (c) lip
30. 30.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
31. 31.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) moon (b) win (c) cheap
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) juice (b) fit (c) good
34. 34.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) sit (b) bit (c) seen
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) seat (b) win (c) seen
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) steal (b) ship (c) feet
38. 38.Is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
39. 39.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) seat (b) meal (c) slip

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