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