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