Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 973 · 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.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) good (b) cheap (c) shoe
3. 3.Listen: is the vowel sound in “still” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) juice (b) meal (c) full
5. 5.Is the vowel sound in “food” long or short? (a) long (b) short
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sleep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word fits? “My shoe has a high ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
8. 8.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) hood (b) moon (c) soon
9. 9.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) full (b) fool
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “lip” long or short? (a) short (b) long
11. 11.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
12. 12.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) lip (b) full (c) soon
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) foot (b) ship (c) sheep
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) shoe (b) wool (c) tooth
15. 15.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) each (b) itch
16. 16.Which word has the same vowel sound as “hood”? (a) shoe (b) cook (c) ship
17. 17.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) look (b) food (c) wood
18. 18.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) cheap (b) bit (c) meal
19. 19.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) look (b) heat (c) boot
21. 21.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
22. 22.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fool” long or short? (a) long (b) short
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) soon (b) beat (c) pull
24. 24.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) short (b) long
25. 25.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) foot (b) pull (c) boot
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) leap (b) pull (c) fool
27. 27.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) long (b) short
28. 28.Listen: is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
29. 29.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) fool (b) full
30. 30.Is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) short (b) long
31. 31.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) look (b) fill (c) steal
32. 32.Which word has the same vowel sound as “foot”? (a) juice (b) book (c) slip
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) push (b) soon (c) wood
34. 34.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
35. 35.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “look”? (a) ship (b) fool (c) put
37. 37.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) bit (b) seat (c) feel
38. 38.Is the vowel sound in “fit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) moon (b) win (c) book
40. 40.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) win (b) wool (c) sheep

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