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