Quiz: American English Short Vowel Sounds
13 Questions
| Total Attempts: 4981
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This quiz checks existing knowledge of short vowels sounds (including their pronunciation and common spellings) in English.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
- A.
Short a
- B.
Short e
- C.
Short i
- D.
I don't know.
- 2.
- A.
Long a
- B.
Long e
- C.
Short i
- D.
Short a
- E.
Short e
- 3.What vowel sound is the word "friend?"
- A.
Short a
- B.
Short e
- C.
Short i
- D.
Short o
- E.
Short u
- 4.What vowel sound is the word "bread?"
- A.
Short a
- B.
Short e
- C.
Short i
- D.
Short o
- E.
Short u
- 5.True or False The consonant-vowel-consonant will produce a short vowel sound?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.True or False Open syllable will produce a short vowel sound?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.True or False. Short vowel sounds "say their name".
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.The vowel sound in: plunge
- A.
Short a
- B.
Short e
- C.
Short i
- D.
Short o
- E.
Short u
- 9.The vowel sound in: gram
- A.
Short e
- B.
Short u
- C.
Short i
- D.
Short a
- E.
Short o
- 10.The vowel sound in: breath
- A.
Short a
- B.
Short u
- C.
Short o
- D.
Short i
- E.
Short e
- 11.Choose the word below that has a short a sound.
- A.
Tread
- B.
Last
- C.
Bead
- D.
Read
- 12.Choose the word that has a short e sound.
- A.
Elliott
- B.
Eat
- C.
Shot
- D.
Errange
- 13.
- A.
Kite
- B.
Right
- C.
Hike
- D.
Fish
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