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