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