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