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