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