Vowel Sounds and Word Stress Worksheet

English speaking lesson 12: Vowel sounds and word stress · Set 373 · 40 questions

How to say it (Short vowel ≠ long vowel: ship / sheep, full / fool): Short vs long vowels change meaning: ship (शिप) / sheep (शीप), full (फुल) / fool (फ़ूल), live / leave, sit / seat. Stretch the long one. Every long word has one strong (stressed) part: PHOto, TEAcher, toMORrow, comPUter. Say it a little louder and longer. Stress can move in related words: PHOtograph → phoTOgraphy → photoGRAPHic. Use 'an' before a vowel SOUND, 'a' before a consonant sound: an hour, an MBA, a university, a one-rupee coin.

1. 1.Choose the English for: “मुझे फ़ोटोग्राफ़ी बहुत पसंद है।” (a) Please don't leave your bag here. (b) Say comPUter, not COMputer. (c) I love photography.
2. 2.Make a sentence: Can / I / photo? / take / a
3. 3.The ___ eats grass on the farm. (a) sheep (b) ship (c) shape
4. 4.I ___ cold, so I need a sweater. (a) fill (b) fall (c) feel
5. 5.What does “Please don't leave your bag here.” mean? (a) कृपया अपना बैग यहाँ मत छोड़िए। (b) क्या मैं एक फ़ोटो ले सकता हूँ? (c) मैं एक घंटा इंतज़ार करूँगा।
6. 6.Please sit in this ___. (a) sit (b) set (c) seat
7. 7.Make a sentence: with / Fill / this / bottle / cold / water.
8. 8.What does “Fill this bottle with cold water.” mean? (a) जहाज़ भेड़ों से भरा है। (b) मैं बस स्टैंड के पास रहता हूँ। (c) इस बोतल में ठंडा पानी भर दो।
9. 9.What does “Stretch the long vowel in sheep.” mean? (a) sheep में लंबे स्वर को खींचकर बोलिए। (b) क्या यह संतरा है या सेब? (c) कृपया इस सीट पर बैठिए।
10. 10.Choose the English for: “sheep में लंबे स्वर को खींचकर बोलिए।” (a) Our exam is tomorrow, not today. (b) Stretch the long vowel in sheep. (c) I live near the bus stand.
11. 11.Choose the English for: “जहाज़ भेड़ों से भरा है।” (a) I live near the bus stand. (b) Give me a one-rupee coin, please. (c) The ship is full of sheep.
12. 12.Choose the English for: “मुझे एक रुपये का सिक्का दे दीजिए।” (a) Give me a one-rupee coin, please. (b) I live near the bus stand. (c) Fill this bottle with cold water.
13. 13.My water bottle is ___. (a) fall (b) full (c) fool
14. 14.I ___ in a PG near my college. (a) love (b) leave (c) live
15. 15.It is ___ hour's drive from here. (a) a (b) the (c) an
16. 16.What does “Can I take a photo?” mean? (a) मैं एक घंटा इंतज़ार करूँगा। (b) मैं बस स्टैंड के पास रहता हूँ। (c) क्या मैं एक फ़ोटो ले सकता हूँ?
17. 17.Make a sentence: long / vowel / Stretch / the / in / sheep.
18. 18.What does “I feel very sleepy.” mean? (a) मुझे बहुत नींद आ रही है। (b) मैं बस स्टैंड के पास रहता हूँ। (c) क्या यह संतरा है या सेब?
19. 19.What ___ useful tip! (a) a (b) the (c) an
20. 20.Make a sentence: a / photo? / I / take / Can
21. 21.Make a sentence: love / photography. / I
22. 22.What does “Please sit in this seat.” mean? (a) वह दिल्ली की एक यूनिवर्सिटी में पढ़ती है। (b) कृपया अपना बैग यहाँ मत छोड़िए। (c) कृपया इस सीट पर बैठिए।
23. 23.Make a sentence: vowel / in / sheep. / Stretch / the / long
24. 24.Choose the English for: “कृपया इस सीट पर बैठिए।” (a) Please sit in this seat. (b) The ship is full of sheep. (c) Our exam is tomorrow, not today.
25. 25.Choose the English for: “हमारी परीक्षा कल है, आज नहीं।” (a) I love photography. (b) She studies at a university in Delhi. (c) Our exam is tomorrow, not today.
26. 26.Choose the English for: “क्या यह संतरा है या सेब?” (a) Fill this bottle with cold water. (b) The ship is full of sheep. (c) Is it an orange or an apple?
27. 27.What does “My glass is full.” mean? (a) मैं बस स्टैंड के पास रहता हूँ। (b) वह दिल्ली की एक यूनिवर्सिटी में पढ़ती है। (c) मेरा गिलास भरा हुआ है।
28. 28.Make a sentence: vowel / sheep. / long / in / Stretch / the
29. 29.Make a sentence: leave / don't / Please / bag / your / here.
30. 30.Choose the English for: “कंप्यूटर में ज़ोर 'PU' पर दीजिए, 'COM' पर नहीं।” (a) I will wait for an hour. (b) Fill this bottle with cold water. (c) Say comPUter, not COMputer.
31. 31.Choose the English for: “मैं एक घंटा इंतज़ार करूँगा।” (a) Stretch the long vowel in sheep. (b) I love photography. (c) I will wait for an hour.
32. 32.Choose the English for: “क्या मैं एक फ़ोटो ले सकता हूँ?” (a) I live near the bus stand. (b) Can I take a photo? (c) I love photography.
33. 33.Make a sentence: water. / cold / bottle / Fill / this / with
34. 34.PHOto has stress on the ___ syllable. (a) second (b) first (c) last
35. 35.What does “I will wait for an hour.” mean? (a) कृपया इस सीट पर बैठिए। (b) क्या यह संतरा है या सेब? (c) मैं एक घंटा इंतज़ार करूँगा।
36. 36.Make a sentence: here. / your / Please / don't / leave / bag
37. 37.Make a sentence: a / She / photographer. / is
38. 38.Make a sentence: a / I / take / photo? / Can
39. 39.What does “She is a photographer.” mean? (a) क्या मैं एक फ़ोटो ले सकता हूँ? (b) वह एक फ़ोटोग्राफ़र है। (c) इस बोतल में ठंडा पानी भर दो।
40. 40.What does “She studies at a university in Delhi.” mean? (a) उसने इंदौर से MBA किया है। (b) वह दिल्ली की एक यूनिवर्सिटी में पढ़ती है। (c) जहाज़ भेड़ों से भरा है।

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