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