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