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