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