Quiz: American English Short Vowel Sounds

13 Questions | By ESEonline | Updated: Aug 18, 2022 | Attempts: 14889

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Vowels are crucial in English speaking. Do you know proper vowel sounds? Answer a few questions on our fun American English short vowel sounds quiz and test your knowledge. Our awesome quiz will check your existing knowledge of short vowel sounds (including their pronunciation and common spellings) in English. Let's see if you can answer all the questions on the quiz correctly! We encourage you to get a good score. Make sure to attempt all the questions below. Keep learning, and All the very best!

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1.

What is the underlined vowel sound in the word busy?
- A.
  
  Short a
- B.
  
  Short e
- C.
  
  Short i
- D.
  
  I don't know.
2.

What vowel sound is the word "said?"
- 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.

Which word below has the short I sound?
- A.
  
  Kite
- B.
  
  Right
- C.
  
  Hike
- D.
  
  Fish