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