Short and Long Vowel Sounds Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 1: Short and long vowels · Set 997 · 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.Listen: is the vowel sound in “juice” long or short? (a) long (b) short
2. 2.Is the vowel sound in “push” long or short? (a) short (b) long
3. 3.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “shoe”? (a) food (b) beat (c) foot
4. 4.Listen: is the vowel sound in “book” long or short? (a) short (b) long
5. 5.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) good (b) seen (c) fill
6. 6.Listen: is the vowel sound in “bit” long or short? (a) long (b) short
7. 7.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) chip (b) blue (c) sleep
8. 8.Which word fits? “___ the bottle with water.” (a) feel (b) fill
9. 9.Which word fits? “I ___ cold in winter.” (a) fill (b) feel
10. 10.Listen: is the vowel sound in “cook” long or short? (a) long (b) short
11. 11.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) put (b) shoe (c) sheep
12. 12.Which word fits? “A big ___ sailed across the sea.” (a) sheep (b) ship
13. 13.Which word fits? “Lunch is my favourite ___.” (a) meal (b) mill
14. 14.Which word has the same vowel sound as “food”? (a) hood (b) slip (c) tooth
15. 15.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pick”? (a) seen (b) still (c) moon
16. 16.Which word fits? “She bit her ___ by mistake.” (a) lip (b) leap
17. 17.Listen: is the vowel sound in “boot” long or short? (a) long (b) short
18. 18.Which word fits? “This pen is very ___; it costs only ₹5.” (a) cheap (b) chip
19. 19.Which word fits? “Babies ___ a lot.” (a) sleep (b) slip
20. 20.Which word has the same vowel sound as “school”? (a) blue (b) wood (c) cook
21. 21.Which word has the same vowel sound as “boot”? (a) spoon (b) cook (c) slip
22. 22.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “good”? (a) seat (b) pull (c) boot
23. 23.Which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) foot (b) leap (c) sit
24. 24.Which word has the same vowel sound as “pull”? (a) cook (b) moon (c) heat
25. 25.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “fill”? (a) feet (b) ship (c) heat
26. 26.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) lip (b) pick (c) beat
27. 27.Which word has the same vowel sound as “meal”? (a) soon (b) fill (c) leap
28. 28.Is the vowel sound in “blue” long or short? (a) short (b) long
29. 29.Which word fits? “He ___ the ball for a six.” (a) hit (b) heat
30. 30.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “seat”? (a) beat (b) pick (c) sit
31. 31.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “slip”? (a) seat (b) feet (c) ship
32. 32.Is the vowel sound in “wood” long or short? (a) long (b) short
33. 33.Which word fits? “Our team ___ the other team.” (a) beat (b) bit
34. 34.Which word has the same vowel sound as “heat”? (a) still (b) leap (c) pick
35. 35.Which word fits? “Mosquito bites make my skin ___.” (a) itch (b) each
36. 36.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “feel”? (a) sit (b) leap (c) good
37. 37.Which word fits? “Can I have a little ___ of cake?” (a) beat (b) bit
38. 38.Listen: which word has the same vowel sound as “sleep”? (a) fool (b) feet (c) win
39. 39.Which word has the same vowel sound as “sheep”? (a) still (b) chip (c) feel
40. 40.Which word fits? “We climbed the steep ___.” (a) hill (b) heel

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