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