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