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