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