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