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