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