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