ei (say, pain, make)

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.

Good job! Let’s move on!