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