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