Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 950 · 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.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) cook (b) juice (c) spoon
4. 4.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) good (b) feet (c) food
6. 6.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) heat (b) sleep (c) win
8. 8.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) hit (b) school (c) sheep
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) pool (b) bit (c) book
11. 11.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) wood (b) fill (c) steal
13. 13.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
14. 14.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) push (b) shoe (c) seen
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) juice (b) cook (c) hood
17. 17.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) full (b) soon (c) bit
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) put (b) slip (c) feel
20. 20.Is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
21. 21.Is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) blue (b) steal (c) fit
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) pool (b) tooth (c) cook
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) food (b) moon (c) put
25. 25.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) shoe (b) feel (c) full
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) put (b) book (c) fool
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Listen: is the vowel sound in “spoon” long or short? (a) short (b) long
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) good (b) soon (c) pick
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) full (b) wool (c) tooth
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) soon (b) push (c) book
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) soon (b) sleep (c) good
34. 34.Listen: is the vowel sound in “meal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
35. 35.Is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
36. 36.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) heat (b) lip (c) tooth
38. 38.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) lip (b) bit (c) heat
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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