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