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