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