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