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