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