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