Lesson 6: Different Patterns of Long Vowel “A”

1. Words with long vowel A

A-E: ace, base, cake, date, face, gage, hate, jake, lace, make, name, page, quake,
rate, same, take, vane, wave
A: able, baken, favour, table, behavior, information, education,
AI: paid, fail, mail, sail, tail, snail, claim, main , pain, chain, plain, stain, strain, vain,
wait, gait, paint, faint, waist
- again, afraid, entail, explain, complain, contain, detail, obtain, maintain, remain
AY: hay, lay, may, pay, ray, say, way, clay, play, pray, fray, tray, slay, stay, sway,
spray, stray
- away, always, betray, dismay, display, decay, delay, essay, portray, relay,
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
EY: hey, grey, prey, they,
- obey, convey, survey
EI: reins, vein, veil, reign, neigh, weigh, sleigh, eight, freight, weight,

2. Practice reading
A Cat
A boy says that he has a cat. The cat is fat and black. The cat has two ears, two
eyes, one nose, one tail, and four legs. The cat can run very fast. She hates the
rats in the home. Once the cat sees the rats, she always tries her best to chase
them away. On Sunday, the boy and the cat often play in the garden. They can
play many games. The boy loves the cat very much.

- List five words that have short vowel “A”:

- List five words that have long vowel “A”:

3. Questions

3.1 What animal does the boy have?

- The boy has a ….

3.2 What colour is the cat?

- The cat is ….

3.3 How many ears does the cat have?

- The cat has … ears.

3.4 Does the cat love rats?

- ….

3.5 Does the cat hate rats?

- ….