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