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