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