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