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