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Pronunciation lesson 10: Same spelling, different sound · Set 237 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) enough (b) tough (c) rough (d) dough
  2. 2.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) break (b) steak (c) eat (d) great
  3. 3.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) dough (b) enough (c) bought
  4. 4.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “heavy”? (a) beach (b) eat (c) health
  5. 5.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) dough (b) though (c) although (d) enough
  6. 6.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “boot”? (a) flood (b) spoon (c) hook
  7. 7.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) dough (b) though (c) although (d) through
  8. 8.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “health”? (a) dream (b) heavy (c) peach
  9. 9.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “fought”? (a) bought (b) enough (c) although
  10. 10.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) moon (b) goose (c) food (d) book
  11. 11.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) school (b) pool (c) boot (d) flood
  12. 12.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dream”? (a) dead (b) meat (c) great
  13. 13.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) steak (b) bread (c) break (d) great
  14. 14.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “break”? (a) bread (b) steak (c) head
  15. 15.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “wool”? (a) blood (b) look (c) moon
  16. 16.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “wool”? (a) school (b) hook (c) goose
  17. 17.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “wood”? (a) hook (b) flood (c) food
  18. 18.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) boot (b) hook (c) look (d) cook
  19. 19.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) enough (b) dough (c) brought
  20. 20.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) flood (b) foot (c) boot
  21. 21.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) great (b) break (c) steak (d) seat
  22. 22.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “spoon”? (a) pool (b) good (c) look
  23. 23.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) enough (b) through (c) fought
  24. 24.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “ready”? (a) leaf (b) peach (c) health
  25. 25.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “leaf”? (a) health (b) heavy (c) sea
  26. 26.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) rough (b) though (c) bought
  27. 27.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “teach”? (a) bread (b) health (c) eat
  28. 28.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “leaf”? (a) dead (b) clean (c) health
  29. 29.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) dead (b) heavy (c) peach (d) feather
  30. 30.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “breakfast”? (a) eat (b) health (c) meat
  31. 31.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “brought”? (a) though (b) tough (c) fought
  32. 32.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) tough (b) enough (c) though (d) rough
  33. 33.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “pool”? (a) flood (b) spoon (c) look
  34. 34.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “speak”? (a) sweater (b) heavy (c) eat
  35. 35.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) meat (b) teach (c) break
  36. 36.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “wood”? (a) flood (b) food (c) wool
  37. 37.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sea”? (a) teach (b) feather (c) dead
  38. 38.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “moon”? (a) school (b) cook (c) foot
  39. 39.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) brought (b) rough (c) dough
  40. 40.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) thought (b) through (c) tough

Answer key

  1. dough
  2. eat
  3. dough
  4. health
  5. enough
  6. spoon
  7. through
  8. heavy
  9. bought
  10. book
  11. flood
  12. meat
  13. bread
  14. steak
  15. look
  16. hook
  17. hook
  18. boot
  19. dough
  20. flood
  21. seat
  22. pool
  23. enough
  24. health
  25. sea
  26. though
  27. eat
  28. clean
  29. peach
  30. health
  31. fought
  32. though
  33. spoon
  34. eat
  35. break
  36. wool
  37. teach
  38. school
  39. dough
  40. tough

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