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

Answer key

  1. break
  2. beach
  3. brought
  4. sweater
  5. book
  6. bread
  7. team
  8. rough
  9. rough
  10. hook
  11. blood
  12. great
  13. dough
  14. weather
  15. fought
  16. ready
  17. foot
  18. enough
  19. food
  20. bought
  21. spoon
  22. breakfast
  23. team
  24. dead
  25. great
  26. speak
  27. weather
  28. great
  29. although
  30. spoon
  31. enough
  32. great
  33. flood
  34. goose
  35. school
  36. break
  37. tough
  38. break
  39. flood
  40. peach

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