Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 981 · 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 fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) chip (b) cheap
2. 2.Which word fits? “A frog can ___ high.” (a) lip (b) leap
3. 3.Is the vowel sound in “school” long or short? (a) long (b) short
4. 4.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) heel (b) hill
5. 5.Which word fits? “Please ___ down and rest.” (a) sit (b) seat
6. 6.Is the vowel sound in “win” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Listen: is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) short (b) long
8. 8.Which word has the same vowel sound as “cheap”? (a) push (b) fill (c) feel
9. 9.Which word has the same vowel sound as “push”? (a) book (b) ship (c) spoon
10. 10.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “wool”? (a) school (b) foot (c) bit
11. 11.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “cook”? (a) soon (b) wool (c) meal
12. 12.Which word has the same vowel sound as “juice”? (a) wood (b) food (c) pull
13. 13.Which word has the same vowel sound as “put”? (a) blue (b) seat (c) cook
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) pull (b) put (c) blue
15. 15.Which word fits? “___ the door to open it.” (a) pull (b) pool
16. 16.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “hit”? (a) meal (b) slip (c) sleep
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “look” long or short? (a) short (b) long
18. 18.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
19. 19.Is the vowel sound in “beat” long or short? (a) long (b) short
20. 20.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) soon (b) chip (c) beat
21. 21.Which word fits? “It is wrong to ___.” (a) steal (b) still
22. 22.Listen: is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) short (b) long
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) feel (b) ship (c) shoe
24. 24.Which word fits? “This ___ by the window is mine.” (a) seat (b) sit
25. 25.Is the vowel sound in “sleep” long or short? (a) short (b) long
26. 26.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
27. 27.Which word fits? “My glass is ___ of water.” (a) full (b) fool
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “pick” long or short? (a) long (b) short
29. 29.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) beat (b) leap (c) bit
30. 30.Which word has the same vowel sound as “still”? (a) meal (b) wood (c) lip
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “steal”? (a) slip (b) sit (c) heat
32. 32.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) bit (b) beat
33. 33.Which word has the same vowel sound as “ship”? (a) seen (b) win (c) steal
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) steal (b) win (c) shoe
35. 35.Listen: is the vowel sound in “hood” long or short? (a) short (b) long
36. 36.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) tooth (b) sit (c) leap
37. 37.Which word fits? “Let us play hide and ___.” (a) seek (b) sick
38. 38.Which word fits? “April ___’s Day is on 1 April.” (a) fool (b) full
39. 39.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “tooth”? (a) good (b) chip (c) moon
40. 40.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) sheep (b) fool (c) fill

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