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