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