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