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