Compare how the following words are pronounced:
mat + e = mate
hat + e = hate
rat + e = rate
man +e =mane
pan + e = pane
cap + e = cape
nap + e = nape
tap +e = tape
What is the sound of a when letter e is added at the end of the word?
Read the following words:
date game bake
gate lame cake
late name lake
mate same make
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cane
lane
pane
vane
age
cage
page
wage
ape
cape
nape
tape
male
pale
sale
taleLook at the people in the drawing,
How are they similar?
How are they different?
‘Are you like them? In what ways are you like them?
In what ways are you different from them?
Find Out and Learn
Read the paragraph and look for the words with the long a sound.
When the sun came, Kabunian got some clay. He made a
man. He wanted the man to take care of the earth. But the men
Kabunian made were not the same. One was black, another
was white, and the last one was brown.