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