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