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