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Pronunciation lesson 10: Same spelling, different sound · Set 509 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) great (b) break (c) steak (d) breakfast
  2. 2.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) fought (b) dough (c) though (d) although
  3. 3.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “book”? (a) boot (b) hook (c) flood
  4. 4.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “leaf”? (a) sea (b) head (c) steak
  5. 5.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) beach (b) bread (c) peach (d) teach
  6. 6.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “health”? (a) clean (b) bread (c) seat
  7. 7.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) thought (b) bought (c) dough (d) brought
  8. 8.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) teach (b) eat (c) steak
  9. 9.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) enough (b) brought (c) fought
  10. 10.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) tooth (b) wool (c) goose (d) food
  11. 11.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “pool”? (a) blood (b) food (c) wood
  12. 12.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) dead (b) health (c) team (d) ready
  13. 13.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) hook (b) boot (c) flood
  14. 14.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) pool (b) blood (c) tooth
  15. 15.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) look (b) moon (c) good (d) hook
  16. 16.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “wool”? (a) hook (b) tooth (c) goose
  17. 17.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) enough (b) rough (c) though
  18. 18.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) bought (b) rough (c) through
  19. 19.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “thought”? (a) enough (b) fought (c) dough
  20. 20.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) through (b) although (c) though (d) dough
  21. 21.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) boot (b) blood (c) look
  22. 22.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) tough (b) fought (c) although
  23. 23.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “moon”? (a) look (b) foot (c) pool
  24. 24.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) ready (b) team (c) meat (d) clean
  25. 25.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) though (b) brought (c) rough
  26. 26.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) great (b) steak (c) sweater (d) break
  27. 27.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “team”? (a) great (b) clean (c) ready
  28. 28.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “weather”? (a) team (b) dead (c) beach
  29. 29.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “cook”? (a) school (b) wood (c) tooth
  30. 30.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) bought (b) rough (c) thought (d) brought
  31. 31.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) fought (b) tough (c) dough
  32. 32.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) enough (b) fought (c) dough
  33. 33.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) cook (b) food (c) spoon (d) moon
  34. 34.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) break (b) great (c) dead (d) steak
  35. 35.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) enough (b) though (c) rough
  36. 36.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) hook (b) tooth (c) spoon (d) pool
  37. 37.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) tooth (b) flood (c) pool
  38. 38.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “ready”? (a) heavy (b) leaf (c) dream
  39. 39.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) thought (b) though (c) bought (d) brought
  40. 40.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “health”? (a) eat (b) steak (c) ready

Answer key

  1. breakfast
  2. fought
  3. hook
  4. sea
  5. bread
  6. bread
  7. dough
  8. steak
  9. enough
  10. wool
  11. food
  12. team
  13. flood
  14. blood
  15. moon
  16. hook
  17. though
  18. rough
  19. fought
  20. through
  21. blood
  22. although
  23. pool
  24. ready
  25. rough
  26. sweater
  27. clean
  28. dead
  29. wood
  30. rough
  31. tough
  32. dough
  33. cook
  34. dead
  35. though
  36. hook
  37. flood
  38. heavy
  39. though
  40. ready

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