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