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