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