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