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