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