Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 961 · 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 has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) wool (b) boot (c) seen
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) sit (b) food (c) wood
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) lip (b) pool (c) feet
6. 6.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) sleep (b) pull (c) shoe
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) push (b) fit (c) food
8. 8.Is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) short (b) long
9. 9.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
10. 10.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
11. 11.Which word fits? “Give one sweet to ___ child.” (a) itch (b) each
12. 12.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) feet (b) fit
13. 13.Is the vowel sound in “heat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
14. 14.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
15. 15.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) hit (b) meal (c) seen
16. 16.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
17. 17.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pool (b) pull
18. 18.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) push (b) sleep (c) school
19. 19.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
20. 20.Which word fits? “Wash your hands and ___.” (a) feet (b) fit
21. 21.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) seen (b) boot (c) chip
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) put (b) full (c) fool
23. 23.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
24. 24.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
25. 25.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) beat (b) look (c) tooth
27. 27.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) book (b) bit (c) shoe
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) fool (b) feet (c) hit
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) good (b) fool (c) sit
30. 30.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “beat”? (a) seen (b) sit (c) slip
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) pick (b) leap (c) tooth
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) meal (b) hit (c) seat
34. 34.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
35. 35.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) look (b) book (c) shoe
37. 37.Which word has the same vowel sound as “soon”? (a) hood (b) moon (c) bit
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) soon (b) book (c) meal
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) chip (b) food (c) foot
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “chip”? (a) slip (b) cheap (c) hood

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