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