Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 909 · 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? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) each (b) itch
2. 2.Which word fits? “Can you ___ the top shelf?” (a) rich (b) reach
3. 3.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
4. 4.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
5. 5.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) slip (b) good (c) blue
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) seat (b) chip (c) moon
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) meal (b) still (c) steal
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) sit (b) sleep (c) feel
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) cheap (b) hood (c) fool
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) sleep (b) pick (c) book
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) look (b) tooth (c) pull
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) cook (b) feet (c) ship
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) feel (b) fit (c) tooth
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) sheep (b) slip (c) food
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) wood (b) seat (c) tooth
17. 17.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) look (b) food (c) soon
19. 19.Which word fits? “Keep ___ while I take the photo.” (a) still (b) steal
20. 20.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) good (b) pick (c) fool
22. 22.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) ship (b) beat (c) sleep
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) sit (b) shoe (c) feel
25. 25.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
26. 26.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
27. 27.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) soon (b) wool (c) meal
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) put (b) sheep (c) pool
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) cook (b) ship (c) leap
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) seat (b) look (c) sit
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) feet (b) fill (c) foot
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) feel (b) juice (c) bit
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) fool (b) seen (c) hood
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) steal (b) hit (c) ship
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) win (b) seat (c) pool
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) seat (b) pool (c) fill
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) ship (b) meal (c) heat
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) tooth (b) soon (c) book

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