Same Spelling Different Sound Worksheet
How to say it (Learn the word, not just the letters): ea: long ee (eat, sea), short e (bread, head), or ay (great, break). oo: long (food, moon), short (book, good), or uh (blood, flood). ough: uff (tough), oh (though), aw (thought), oo (through).
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- 1.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) eat (b) steak (c) seat
- 2.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) enough (b) thought (c) bought (d) fought
- 3.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “thought”? (a) dough (b) brought (c) through
- 4.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “eat”? (a) heavy (b) meat (c) head
- 5.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dream”? (a) head (b) teach (c) break
- 6.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “break”? (a) steak (b) speak (c) sweater
- 7.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) teach (b) beach (c) bread (d) speak
- 8.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “brought”? (a) although (b) fought (c) dough
- 9.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) flood (b) look (c) hook
- 10.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dead”? (a) beach (b) team (c) feather
- 11.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “tooth”? (a) flood (b) blood (c) food
- 12.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) speak (b) dream (c) feather (d) clean
- 13.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) look (b) blood (c) tooth
- 14.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “fought”? (a) thought (b) rough (c) enough
- 15.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) flood (b) book (c) hook (d) foot
- 16.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) wool (b) wood (c) moon (d) hook
- 17.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “speak”? (a) steak (b) feather (c) eat
- 18.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) pool (b) boot (c) goose (d) look
- 19.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “breakfast”? (a) heavy (b) break (c) dream
- 20.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) cook (b) wool (c) school (d) hook
- 21.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) fought (b) dough (c) tough
- 22.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “hook”? (a) flood (b) wood (c) tooth
- 23.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) break (b) dream (c) leaf
- 24.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “brought”? (a) although (b) thought (c) through
- 25.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) pool (b) book (c) boot (d) spoon
- 26.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) fought (b) thought (c) although (d) bought
- 27.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) break (b) clean (c) weather
- 28.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) break (b) team (c) clean
- 29.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) brought (b) though (c) enough
- 30.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) speak (b) meat (c) steak
- 31.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) rough (b) tough (c) enough (d) dough
- 32.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) dead (b) meat (c) seat (d) clean
- 33.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) team (b) peach (c) weather (d) speak
- 34.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) leaf (b) meat (c) speak (d) ready
- 35.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) fought (b) although (c) rough
- 36.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “health”? (a) break (b) head (c) meat
- 37.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “spoon”? (a) food (b) look (c) blood
- 38.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “ready”? (a) dream (b) sea (c) bread
- 39.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) though (b) dough (c) brought (d) although
- 40.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dead”? (a) break (b) peach (c) sweater
Answer key
- steak
- enough
- brought
- meat
- teach
- steak
- bread
- fought
- flood
- feather
- food
- feather
- blood
- thought
- flood
- moon
- eat
- look
- heavy
- school
- tough
- wood
- break
- thought
- book
- although
- break
- break
- though
- steak
- dough
- dead
- weather
- ready
- rough
- head
- food
- bread
- brought
- sweater
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