Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 955 · 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 “win”? (a) seat (b) still (c) steal
2. 2.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) sit (b) moon (c) feel
3. 3.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) fit (b) good (c) fool
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) hood (b) pick (c) feel
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) pull (b) sheep (c) fill
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “soon” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
8. 8.Listen: is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) pick (b) slip (c) feet
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) foot (b) fool (c) seen
11. 11.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
12. 12.Which word fits? “A ___ man has a lot of money.” (a) reach (b) rich
13. 13.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) ship (b) seen (c) moon
14. 14.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) book (b) seat (c) lip
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) food (b) meal (c) win
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) steal (b) pick (c) book
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
19. 19.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) boot (b) seen (c) ship
20. 20.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) sheep (b) ship
21. 21.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) soon (b) pick (c) cook
23. 23.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) sick (b) seek
24. 24.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) hit (b) heat (c) boot
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) hit (b) push (c) pool
28. 28.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) feel (b) food (c) fit
29. 29.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) seat (b) sit
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) heat (b) pull (c) still
32. 32.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
33. 33.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
34. 34.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) pick (b) seat (c) heat
35. 35.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) hit (b) sheep (c) slip
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) fill (b) soon (c) pull
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) shoe (b) seen (c) fit
39. 39.Which word fits? “He is ___, so he stayed at home.” (a) seek (b) sick
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) chip (b) fool (c) feel

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