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