Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 948 · 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: is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) slip (b) sit (c) cheap
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) beat (b) wool (c) sit
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) wool (b) sleep (c) hit
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
6. 6.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
7. 7.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) leap (b) lip
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) hood (b) good (c) moon
11. 11.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) seen (b) chip (c) cheap
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) full (b) sit (c) pool
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) cook (b) hood (c) spoon
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
16. 16.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) fill (b) wool (c) leap
20. 20.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
21. 21.Listen: is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) long (b) short
22. 22.Is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) cook (b) tooth (c) pull
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) spoon (b) steal (c) lip
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) wool (b) boot (c) tooth
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) pool (b) feel (c) good
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) ship (b) sleep (c) beat
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) long (b) short
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) moon (b) fill (c) cook
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) spoon (b) fool (c) put
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) put (b) steal (c) chip
32. 32.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
33. 33.Is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
34. 34.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) wood (b) shoe (c) foot
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) good (b) foot (c) juice
37. 37.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
38. 38.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) wool (b) beat (c) still
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) boot (b) full (c) juice

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