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