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