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