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