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