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Pronunciation lesson 10: Same spelling, different sound · Set 72 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “thought”? (a) bought (b) although (c) through
  2. 2.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) dough (b) rough (c) though
  3. 3.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “head”? (a) heavy (b) speak (c) peach
  4. 4.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “meat”? (a) dead (b) speak (c) feather
  5. 5.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) steak (b) sea (c) team
  6. 6.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “breakfast”? (a) feather (b) teach (c) dream
  7. 7.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) dough (b) rough (c) bought
  8. 8.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “speak”? (a) leaf (b) breakfast (c) heavy
  9. 9.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “wood”? (a) blood (b) school (c) wool
  10. 10.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dead”? (a) great (b) weather (c) teach
  11. 11.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “goose”? (a) moon (b) good (c) hook
  12. 12.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “break”? (a) steak (b) peach (c) meat
  13. 13.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) rough (b) enough (c) although
  14. 14.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “weather”? (a) sea (b) teach (c) bread
  15. 15.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “steak”? (a) seat (b) leaf (c) great
  16. 16.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) through (b) tough (c) though
  17. 17.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “brought”? (a) bought (b) although (c) enough
  18. 18.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “tooth”? (a) cook (b) boot (c) book
  19. 19.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “seat”? (a) dead (b) head (c) teach
  20. 20.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “food”? (a) tooth (b) wood (c) good
  21. 21.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “boot”? (a) moon (b) look (c) flood
  22. 22.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) thought (b) through (c) fought (d) brought
  23. 23.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sweater”? (a) head (b) seat (c) steak
  24. 24.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “break”? (a) bread (b) beach (c) great
  25. 25.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “although”? (a) fought (b) thought (c) though
  26. 26.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) fought (b) bought (c) tough (d) thought
  27. 27.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “peach”? (a) breakfast (b) team (c) ready
  28. 28.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “thought”? (a) dough (b) although (c) fought
  29. 29.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) tough (b) enough (c) thought (d) rough
  30. 30.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) dream (b) sea (c) dead (d) speak
  31. 31.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “bread”? (a) team (b) head (c) peach
  32. 32.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “pool”? (a) wool (b) moon (c) good
  33. 33.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) though (b) enough (c) dough (d) although
  34. 34.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) enough (b) tough (c) rough (d) bought
  35. 35.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) thought (b) rough (c) although
  36. 36.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “bread”? (a) clean (b) ready (c) speak
  37. 37.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “breakfast”? (a) health (b) peach (c) beach
  38. 38.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “school”? (a) boot (b) look (c) blood
  39. 39.Which word does NOT have the same “oo” sound as the others? (a) cook (b) wood (c) foot (d) food
  40. 40.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) leaf (b) ready (c) dream (d) speak

Answer key

  1. bought
  2. rough
  3. heavy
  4. speak
  5. steak
  6. feather
  7. dough
  8. leaf
  9. wool
  10. weather
  11. moon
  12. steak
  13. although
  14. bread
  15. great
  16. tough
  17. bought
  18. boot
  19. teach
  20. tooth
  21. moon
  22. through
  23. head
  24. great
  25. though
  26. tough
  27. team
  28. fought
  29. thought
  30. dead
  31. head
  32. moon
  33. enough
  34. bought
  35. rough
  36. ready
  37. health
  38. boot
  39. food
  40. ready

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