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