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