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