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