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