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