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