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