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