Sunday, 7 July 2013

/ eI /-----[ail, ain, ake, ale...]



Letters                       Phoneme           Words
[ace, ade, afe, age,                                                                       
 ail, ain, ake, ale,          /eI/                    A   24
ame, ane, ape, ase,
 aste, ate ave, ay,]

Sean washes his face (/feIs/) twice a day.
He thinks it is safe (/seIf/)
to use a little toothpaste
to brush his teeth twice a day.
He does not think it
a waste (/weIst/) of time or water
to bathe (beIð) himself twice every day.
He always says it pays (peIz)
to be clean and in grace (/greIs/). 
He agrees with the saying,
“Cleanliness is next to holiness.” (/ˈhǝulInǝs/)

[ ade, age, ain ange, ame, eight]         / eI /                        A              25
Sean and his cousin, Sage are of the same age. (eIʤ)                 
They are aged eight  (/eIt/)
and they are in Grade Three.
They like to sit under the shade (/eId/)
of a really big tree
Sage always carries a cage
with a parrot in it.
He always feeds it
with grains (greInz) and some orange.
Sean always carries a spade (/speId/).
He wants to get some earthworms (/ˈɜ:θwɜ:m/)
to feed his goldfish at home.

[ ade, ai, ay ]             /eI/                  A                              26
When it rains, Sean cannot wait (/weIt/) to go out                         
 to wade (/weId/) in flooded water.
He likes to look into the drains (dreInz)
for some fishes or frogs.
He always carries along his toy train (/treIn/). 
His father bought it for him
in the arcade (/α:ˈkeId/) not far away from his home.
He bought it on his way home one day
on Sean’s birthday.

 age, ame,                 / eI /                        A                              27
Sean has many cousins.                                                     
One of them is named (/neImd/) Page (/peIʤ/).
Sean and Page are not of the same (/seIm/) age.
He came (/keIm/) last Sunday.
He has a dog named Dame.
He has another dog named Tame.
They look more or less the same (seIm).
They always follow Page
wherever he goes.

 [age, ai, ake, ame, ane ]            /eI/                  A              28
Page has kept a quail (/kweIl/)
named Faith (/feIθ/) in a cage.                           
Faith often wails in rage in protest.
Dame and Tame then wag their tails in contest.
This makes, Faith, the quail, fly into a rage. (reIʤ)
Page has to take up the cane
to stop the act of Dame and Tame.
Then they bow their heads
and howl in shame (/eIm/).

 [ace, ade, ai, ake, ase, aste, ate, ay ] /eI/  A              29
It is Tip’s birthday.                                                             
Sean wants to make a cake
to take (/teIk/) to his home.
Sean’s mum has baked him a Horlick cake.
She has laced it with so much cake cream
and put it in a big case (/keIs/).
She has also made some paste.
Sean hates to be late to the birthday party.
He has dressed up in haste (/heIst/)
and is waiting for his mum at the gate.
He is carrying a big case of cake in one hand
and a bowl of paste in the other.

[ age, ail ]          /eI/          A                                              30
Sage’s father has a dog named Hail.                                    
It has a really long tail.
It never fails to follow
Sage’s father to go  for a sail (seIl).
Sage’s father always carries a pail
whenever he goes for a sail.
Hail always trails (/treIlz/)
beside his big blue pail.

[ake, ape ]         /eI/          A                                              31
Sean likes to eat grapes.                                                    
He likes to eat grapes (greIps)
and listen to the tape about an ape.
Sean thinks the ape has the shape (/eIp/) of a man
and the nape of a chimpanzee (ˌʧImpænˈzi:).
Sean always shakes (/ʃeIks/) his head
with his mouth agape
when he listens to the story about the ape (eIp).

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