Lesson 15:
Long
A Sound
(say, pain, make)
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The long A sound can be found in English
words such as: pray, may, take, date, weight, gain, and rain.
The
Long A sound is a long vowel sound. Long vowel sounds are
vowel sounds pronounced the same as the name of the letter. Each vowel has a
long vowel sound (Long A, Long E, Long I, Long O, Long
U).
Common long A spellings
There are four common ways to spell the
long A sound:
1. a / consonant / e
In root words, when you have this pattern vowel / consonant / e
the vowel is a long vowel sound, and the final
"e" is silent.
Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold):
1) bake
2) rate
3) late
4) ate
5) cake
6) trade
7) made
8) date
9) name
10) grade
2.
ai
Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold):
1) wait
2) pain
3) drain
4) tail
5) stain
6) pail
7) nail
8) snail
9) rain
10) jail
3.
ay
Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold):
1) way
2) say
3) may
4) day
5) lay
6) ray
7) Monday
8) play
9) stay
10) away
4. eigh
Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold):
1) eight
2) weight
3) neighbor
4) freight
5) eighteen
6) sleigh
7) eighty
8) neighborhood
There
are a few other less common spellings of the long A sound. Here are some more
long A words. (The long A
sounds are in bold.)
1) rein
2) angel
3) Asia
4) apron
5) apricot
6) April
7) radio
8) patient
9) lazy
10) fatal
Now
say these sentences out loud (the long A sounds are bold):
1) Stay away from the crazy neighbor!
2) I may travel to Asia in the month of April.
3) She ate eighteen grapes today.
4) Yesterday, I waited in the rain.
5) Did you say you had a date tonight?
7) Nick baked a cake for Thursday.
8) I listen to the radio on my way home from work each day.
9) I am afraid of pain.
10) Please put your name at the top of the paper.
Have you finished them all? Cool!
Well done! You have
completed the
Long A sound lesson.
Let's move on...