Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 960 · 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 “pull”? (a) chip (b) good (c) shoe
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) look (b) fill (c) sleep
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) fit (b) food (c) beat
4. 4.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) long (b) short
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) seat (b) chip (c) book
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) tooth (b) chip (c) beat
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) win (b) pool (c) feel
9. 9.Which word fits? “Be careful not to ___ on the wet floor.” (a) sleep (b) slip
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
12. 12.Listen: is the vowel sound in “steal” long or short? (a) short (b) long
13. 13.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) seen (b) win (c) put
15. 15.Is the vowel sound in “fill” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) short (b) long
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pool (b) pull
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) hood (b) hit (c) soon
20. 20.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) cheap (b) slip (c) blue
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) juice (b) full (c) pool
23. 23.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
24. 24.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) pull (b) school (c) boot
26. 26.Is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
27. 27.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) food (b) look (c) heat
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) cook (b) pool (c) hood
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) shoe (b) hit (c) steal
31. 31.Listen: is the vowel sound in “chip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
32. 32.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) still (b) seen (c) lip
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) hit (b) pool (c) wool
34. 34.Is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) short (b) long
35. 35.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) hit (b) heat
36. 36.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) boot (b) seen (c) sit
38. 38.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) pull (b) feel (c) ship
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) spoon (b) fit (c) seen

Free pronunciation lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-pronunciation