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