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