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