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