Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 969 · 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 “bit”? (a) fit (b) tooth (c) sleep
2. 2.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
3. 3.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) leap (b) lip
4. 4.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) leap (b) win (c) juice
5. 5.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) blue (b) wood (c) lip
6. 6.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) bit (b) push (c) food
7. 7.Is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
8. 8.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) feel (b) fill
9. 9.Listen: is the vowel sound in “put” long or short? (a) long (b) short
10. 10.Which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) seat (b) fit (c) sit
11. 11.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
12. 12.Listen: is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
13. 13.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
14. 14.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
15. 15.Which word fits? “The ___ has soft white wool.” (a) ship (b) sheep
16. 16.Listen: is the vowel sound in “feet” long or short? (a) long (b) short
17. 17.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) steal (b) chip (c) feel
18. 18.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) ship (b) sheep
19. 19.Which word has the same vowel sound as “book”? (a) good (b) heat (c) soon
20. 20.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
21. 21.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) moon (b) pull (c) cook
23. 23.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) good (b) boot (c) seen
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) boot (b) book (c) blue
26. 26.Which word fits? “The ___ of the sun is strong in May.” (a) heat (b) hit
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) blue (b) fill (c) good
28. 28.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hit” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) school (b) pull (c) pick
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) chip (b) soon (c) cheap
31. 31.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
32. 32.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) soon (b) moon (c) hood
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) sleep (b) pull (c) sit
35. 35.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) pool (b) feet (c) put
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “win”? (a) seat (b) fit (c) cook
37. 37.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) hill (b) heel
38. 38.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) soon (b) hit (c) good
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “leap”? (a) beat (b) hit (c) lip
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pool”? (a) look (b) slip (c) blue

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