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