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