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Pronunciation lesson 10: Same spelling, different sound · Set 837 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) breakfast (b) teach (c) dead (d) sweater
  2. 2.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) weather (b) dead (c) great (d) feather
  3. 3.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) bought (b) fought (c) tough (d) brought
  4. 4.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “good”? (a) wood (b) food (c) boot
  5. 5.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “seat”? (a) great (b) health (c) speak
  6. 6.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) great (b) break (c) steak (d) health
  7. 7.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “dead”? (a) dream (b) sweater (c) steak
  8. 8.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “bread”? (a) sea (b) dream (c) ready
  9. 9.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “brought”? (a) although (b) through (c) thought
  10. 10.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “ready”? (a) beach (b) sea (c) sweater
  11. 11.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “dough”? (a) although (b) thought (c) rough
  12. 12.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) tough (b) dough (c) thought
  13. 13.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “boot”? (a) goose (b) look (c) hook
  14. 14.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “flood”? (a) spoon (b) moon (c) blood
  15. 15.Which word does NOT have the same “ough” sound as the others? (a) dough (b) rough (c) though (d) although
  16. 16.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) wood (b) flood (c) pool
  17. 17.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “blood”? (a) spoon (b) wood (c) flood
  18. 18.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “tooth”? (a) hook (b) pool (c) blood
  19. 19.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “clean”? (a) great (b) feather (c) beach
  20. 20.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “great”? (a) steak (b) health (c) eat
  21. 21.Listen: in which word does “ea” sound the same as in “heavy”? (a) teach (b) team (c) breakfast
  22. 22.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “beach”? (a) bread (b) health (c) leaf
  23. 23.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) rough (b) although (c) bought
  24. 24.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) sea (b) meat (c) clean (d) steak
  25. 25.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “tough”? (a) rough (b) dough (c) though
  26. 26.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “spoon”? (a) pool (b) blood (c) book
  27. 27.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “weather”? (a) meat (b) great (c) sweater
  28. 28.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “enough”? (a) dough (b) bought (c) tough
  29. 29.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sea”? (a) seat (b) steak (c) breakfast
  30. 30.Which word does NOT have the same “ea” sound as the others? (a) feather (b) break (c) bread (d) health
  31. 31.Listen: in which word does “ough” sound the same as in “though”? (a) rough (b) thought (c) dough
  32. 32.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “sweater”? (a) leaf (b) peach (c) head
  33. 33.Listen: in which word does “oo” sound the same as in “tooth”? (a) wool (b) hook (c) goose
  34. 34.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “rough”? (a) tough (b) although (c) thought
  35. 35.In which word does “ea” sound the same as in “break”? (a) heavy (b) eat (c) steak
  36. 36.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “bought”? (a) enough (b) through (c) fought
  37. 37.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “school”? (a) wool (b) moon (c) blood
  38. 38.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “boot”? (a) look (b) food (c) cook
  39. 39.In which word does “oo” sound the same as in “foot”? (a) book (b) blood (c) flood
  40. 40.In which word does “ough” sound the same as in “brought”? (a) although (b) dough (c) fought

Answer key

  1. teach
  2. great
  3. tough
  4. wood
  5. speak
  6. health
  7. sweater
  8. ready
  9. thought
  10. sweater
  11. although
  12. dough
  13. goose
  14. blood
  15. rough
  16. flood
  17. flood
  18. pool
  19. beach
  20. steak
  21. breakfast
  22. leaf
  23. rough
  24. steak
  25. rough
  26. pool
  27. sweater
  28. tough
  29. seat
  30. break
  31. dough
  32. head
  33. goose
  34. tough
  35. steak
  36. fought
  37. moon
  38. food
  39. book
  40. fought

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