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