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