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