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Pronunciation lesson 10: Same spelling, different sound · Set 652 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) dream (b) seat (c) head (d) speak
  2. 2.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) fought (b) enough (c) thought
  3. 3.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “break”? (a) head (b) great (c) breakfast
  4. 4.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “leaf”? (a) ready (b) dream (c) sweater
  5. 5.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) although (b) dough (c) though (d) rough
  6. 6.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) dream (b) ready (c) beach (d) teach
  7. 7.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) break (b) heavy (c) breakfast
  8. 8.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “health”? (a) steak (b) dream (c) ready
  9. 9.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) cook (b) blood (c) tooth
  10. 10.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) enough (b) rough (c) tough (d) bought
  11. 11.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) dead (b) breakfast (c) steak
  12. 12.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dead”? (a) teach (b) break (c) bread
  13. 13.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) enough (b) although (c) through
  14. 14.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) pool (b) school (c) flood
  15. 15.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sweater”? (a) eat (b) leaf (c) bread
  16. 16.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) bought (b) dough (c) enough
  17. 17.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “leaf”? (a) dream (b) feather (c) break
  18. 18.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “meat”? (a) weather (b) great (c) seat
  19. 19.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sweater”? (a) dream (b) heavy (c) speak
  20. 20.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “brought”? (a) through (b) thought (c) though
  21. 21.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) great (b) steak (c) leaf (d) break
  22. 22.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) tough (b) dough (c) enough
  23. 23.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) pool (b) boot (c) school (d) foot
  24. 24.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “food”? (a) hook (b) boot (c) look
  25. 25.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) enough (b) tough (c) though
  26. 26.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) spoon (b) food (c) cook (d) pool
  27. 27.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) break (b) bread (c) dead
  28. 28.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “tooth”? (a) pool (b) look (c) good
  29. 29.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “heavy”? (a) teach (b) meat (c) dead
  30. 30.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “peach”? (a) sea (b) head (c) heavy
  31. 31.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “bought”? (a) rough (b) enough (c) fought
  32. 32.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dead”? (a) ready (b) break (c) leaf
  33. 33.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) good (b) blood (c) food
  34. 34.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) rough (b) though (c) dough
  35. 35.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “thought”? (a) brought (b) although (c) though
  36. 36.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “ready”? (a) steak (b) leaf (c) health
  37. 37.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “heavy”? (a) peach (b) head (c) leaf
  38. 38.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) bought (b) enough (c) although
  39. 39.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) though (b) tough (c) dough
  40. 40.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) good (b) goose (c) school (d) pool

Answer key

  1. head
  2. enough
  3. great
  4. dream
  5. rough
  6. ready
  7. break
  8. ready
  9. blood
  10. bought
  11. steak
  12. bread
  13. although
  14. flood
  15. bread
  16. enough
  17. dream
  18. seat
  19. heavy
  20. thought
  21. leaf
  22. dough
  23. foot
  24. boot
  25. though
  26. cook
  27. break
  28. pool
  29. dead
  30. sea
  31. fought
  32. ready
  33. blood
  34. rough
  35. brought
  36. health
  37. head
  38. although
  39. tough
  40. good

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