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