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