There are four common ways to spell the long

A sound:

1. a / consonant / e

bake rate late sake

ate cake trade take

made date name fame

grade lake grace place

brave care flame brake

2. ai

wait pain drain tail

stain pail nail snail

rain jail mail plain

brain fail pain train

3.ay
 way say may day

lay ray Monday play

stay away pray hay

4. eigh

eight weight neighbor

freight eighteen sleigh

eighty 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.)

rein angel Asia

apron apricot April

radio patient lazy

fatal natal patience

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.