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