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