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