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