Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 958 · 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 “sleep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) long (b) short
3. 3.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) shoe (b) pick (c) cook
5. 5.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) blue (b) sit (c) pull
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) cook (b) juice (c) fit
8. 8.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
9. 9.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) good (b) fit (c) tooth
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) pull (b) feel (c) ship
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) fill (b) hood (c) school
12. 12.Is the vowel sound in “wool” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “sit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
14. 14.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) ship (b) sheep (c) good
16. 16.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) feet (b) boot (c) book
18. 18.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) book (b) school (c) moon
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) pool (b) boot (c) put
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) sleep (b) soon (c) book
22. 22.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
23. 23.Is the vowel sound in “slip” long or short? (a) long (b) short
24. 24.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) win (b) seat (c) sit
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seen”? (a) ship (b) lip (c) steal
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) juice (b) foot (c) hood
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) still (b) seat (c) beat
29. 29.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) shoe (b) sleep (c) slip
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seen” long or short? (a) short (b) long
32. 32.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) look (b) cheap (c) still
34. 34.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
35. 35.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) steal (b) boot (c) hood
36. 36.Listen: is the vowel sound in “pull” long or short? (a) short (b) long
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) fool (b) good (c) boot
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) heat (b) still (c) juice
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) cook (b) sit (c) shoe
40. 40.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long

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