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