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