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