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