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