Long Vowel Phonemes

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Long Vowel Phonemes

• The long vowel a can be written as
• ay as in play
• ai as in train
• a _e as in magic e ape, ate
• other sounds that make a
• ei as in eight

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families of simple a_e words

• ape
• cape
• tape

• ate
• gate
• mate

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families of simple a_e words

• bake
• cake
• lake
• make
• sake
• take
• wake

• came
• game
• lame
• same
• tame

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families of simple a_e words

• cave
• gave
• save
• wave

• base
• case
• mate

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families of simple a_e words

• ape
• cape
• tape

• ate
• gate

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families of simple a_e words

• bale
• gale
• male
• sale
• tale

• gaze
• laze
• maze

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families of simple a_e words

• cane
• lane
• mane

• ace
• face
• lace
• race

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families of simple a_e words

• age
• cage
• page
• rage
• wage

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ai word families

• aid
• aim

• maid
• laid
• paid
• raid

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ai word families

• bail
• fail
• hail
• jail
• nail
• pail
• rail
• sail

• main
• pain
• rain

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ai word families

• frail
• trail
• snail

• plain
• stain
• brain
• drain
• grain
• train
• chain

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ai word families

• frail
• tail

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ay word families

• bay
• hay
• jay
• lay
• may
• pay
• ray

• say
• way

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ay word families

• clay
• play

• sway
• stay

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ay word families

• bay
• hay
• jay
• lay
• may
• pay
• ray

• say
• way