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