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