Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 98 · 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 “leap” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Which word fits? “These shoes do not ___ me.” (a) fit (b) feet
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) juice (b) sheep (c) book
4. 4.Is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) short (b) long
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) sit (b) school (c) meal
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) soon (b) fill (c) pull
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “spoon”? (a) good (b) full (c) fool
10. 10.Is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) hit (b) sheep (c) soon
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “full”? (a) pull (b) fool (c) cheap
13. 13.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) heat (b) hit
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “moon”? (a) boot (b) win (c) pull
15. 15.Listen: is the vowel sound in “sheep” long or short? (a) long (b) short
16. 16.Listen: is the vowel sound in “leap” long or short? (a) short (b) long
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “seat” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) long (b) short
19. 19.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) slip (b) sleep
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) boot (b) fill (c) cheap
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) full (b) tooth (c) meal
22. 22.Which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) pull (b) meal (c) fit
23. 23.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) wood (b) bit (c) leap
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wood”? (a) hood (b) slip (c) soon
25. 25.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
26. 26.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) blue (b) seen (c) hit
27. 27.Which word fits? “Flour is made in a ___.” (a) mill (b) meal
28. 28.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “bit”? (a) pull (b) ship (c) beat
29. 29.Which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) foot (b) look (c) boot
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) boot (b) hood (c) wool
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “blue”? (a) ship (b) pull (c) spoon
32. 32.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
33. 33.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fit”? (a) school (b) seat (c) slip
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) moon (b) shoe (c) push
35. 35.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
36. 36.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
37. 37.Which word fits? “We swim in the ___.” (a) pull (b) pool
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) shoe (b) put (c) soon
39. 39.Which word fits? “There is a small ___ in my cup.” (a) cheap (b) chip
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fool”? (a) foot (b) boot (c) wood

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