Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 922 · 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 “seen”? (a) feel (b) fill (c) chip
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) still (b) leap (c) hood
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “full” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) pick (b) leap (c) put
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “juice” long or short? (a) short (b) long
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) look (b) fit (c) tooth
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
10. 10.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
11. 11.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) boot (b) wood (c) pool
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) spoon (b) hit (c) wool
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) moon (b) food (c) book
15. 15.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
16. 16.Is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) steal (b) fit (c) push
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) hood (b) blue (c) sleep
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) pick (b) feel (c) soon
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) pool (b) meal (c) bit
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) meal (b) pick (c) still
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “shoe” long or short? (a) long (b) short
23. 23.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
24. 24.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
25. 25.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) moon (b) ship (c) steal
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) cheap (b) bit (c) look
28. 28.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
29. 29.Listen: is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) boot (b) seat (c) push
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) steal (b) sit (c) sheep
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
34. 34.Listen: is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
36. 36.Is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) short (b) long
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) beat (b) pick (c) juice
38. 38.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
39. 39.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
40. 40.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep

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