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