Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 937 · 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 “hood”? (a) shoe (b) school (c) foot
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) spoon (b) seen (c) lip
3. 3.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) foot (b) fill (c) tooth
5. 5.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
6. 6.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “good” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
9. 9.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) lip (b) fill (c) cheap
11. 11.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) fill (b) feel
12. 12.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) lip (b) seat (c) ship
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) sleep (b) heat (c) hit
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
17. 17.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) good (b) wool (c) fool
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) sleep (b) look (c) school
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) fool (b) foot (c) school
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) win (b) seen (c) juice
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) moon (b) foot (c) chip
23. 23.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) fit (b) feet
24. 24.Listen: is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) shoe (b) blue (c) hood
26. 26.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) still (b) pull (c) soon
28. 28.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) sit (b) seat
29. 29.Is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) school (b) hit (c) feel
31. 31.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
32. 32.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
33. 33.Listen: is the vowel sound in “foot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) still (b) seat (c) hit
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) fit (b) foot (c) soon
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) foot (b) hit (c) spoon
37. 37.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) school (b) hood (c) food
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) blue (b) sleep (c) look
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) blue (b) look (c) fool

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