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