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