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