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