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