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