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