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