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