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