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