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