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