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