Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 952 · 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? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) hood (b) seen (c) pool
3. 3.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) pool (b) wool (c) steal
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) heat (b) cheap (c) ship
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) wool (b) spoon (c) sleep
7. 7.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
8. 8.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) heat (b) push (c) food
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) pick (b) shoe (c) wool
11. 11.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) short (b) long
12. 12.Listen: is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) sheep (b) feet (c) fit
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) fit (b) school (c) full
15. 15.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feet”? (a) fit (b) tooth (c) beat
17. 17.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sit”? (a) win (b) heat (c) seen
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) boot (b) slip (c) wood
20. 20.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
21. 21.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) sick (b) seek
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) shoe (b) fit (c) feet
23. 23.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
24. 24.Is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) long (b) short
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) pull (b) hood (c) moon
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) chip (b) fit (c) heat
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) fill (b) soon (c) wool
28. 28.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
29. 29.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) cook (b) seat (c) blue
31. 31.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) tooth (b) cook (c) juice
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) spoon (b) feet (c) pick
34. 34.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) slip (b) sleep
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) pull (b) ship (c) sleep
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) pool (b) bit (c) heat
37. 37.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “lip”? (a) seat (b) sit (c) boot
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) leap (b) slip (c) sit
40. 40.Is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) long (b) short

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