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