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