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