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