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