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    The passage discusses common letter combinations (a-e, ai, ei, ay) used to spell the long vowel sound /a/ and provides many examples of words that use each spelling pattern.

    Some common ways to spell the long vowel sound /a/ mentioned are a-e, ai, ei, and ay.

    Examples provided of words that use a-e include snake, grade, and trade. Examples of words that use ai include train and paid. Words that use ei include reindeer. Words that use ay include pray.

    9/2/2019 Spelling the long vowel sound /a/ a-e, ai, ei, ay

    Spelling the long vowel sound /ā/: a-e, ai, ei, ay

    /ā/as in ape

    How to spell the long /ā/ sound:

    1) In some words of more than one syllable you just need the letter a,
    for example:

    acorn apron alien agent basic basin data fatal


    (more on this in the next Unit - Syllables: Vowel and Consonant Patterns)

    2) Sometimes you need to add another letter, for example:

    a-e as in snake ai as in train ay as in pray ei as in reindeer


    Add e on the end. The next most common Use ay on the end of a Only a few words use ei.
    Many words use a-e to way is to use ai. word. (See Unit 21 for more on
    spell the long /ā/ these words)
    sound.
    Some examples: Some examples: Some examples:
    Some examples:
    ale aid day reins*
    ate* aim Sunday vein*
    grade paid Monday etc. veil*
    made* fail hay sheik*
    trade mail* lay (also sheikh)
    bake sail* may reign*
    brake* tail* pay neigh
    shake* snail ray weigh*
    stake* claim say sleigh*
    male* main* way* eight*
    sale* pain* clay freight
    vale* chain play weight*
    game plain* pray* Learn the words:
    flame stain fray
    frame strain tray
    mane* vain* slay*
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    plane* wait* stay


    tape gait* sway
    grape paint spray
    scrape faint stray
    chase waist* Learn the words:
    gate* Learn the words:
    grate*
    plate
    skate away
    paste again always
    taste afraid betray
    waste* entail dismay
    brave explain display
    shave complain decay
    blaze contain delay
    graze detail essay
    obtain portray
    Learn the words: maintain relay
    remain Learn the words:
    Learn the words:
    amaze
    escape
    inflate
    translate ...and many more
    migrate
    vibrate
    behave
    calculate
    emigrate
    estimate grey
    hesitate prey*
    they
    Learn the words: obey
    convey
    survey
    ...and many more Learn the words:

    Notes:
    1) Words marked * are homophones. Please see page 6.
    2) Words ending in -ace are in Unit 20.

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