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