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