What words have a long A vowel sound?

It's a bit tricky to give a complete list because the "long A" sound can be spelled in several ways. Here's a breakdown:

The "long A" sound can be spelled with:

* A: *ate, late, name, face, cake*

* AI: *rain, pain, sail, wait, trail*

* AY: *say, play, stay, may, way*

* EI: *neighbor, weigh, reign, vein, sleigh*

* EY: *they, obey, grey, convey, whey*

And sometimes even with other combinations:

* EA: *great, break, steak, neat, treat*

* EE: *see, tree, free, meet, sleep*

Remember: The "long A" sound is the one we hear in the word "say". It's like a pure, stretched-out vowel sound.

Examples:

* ate (ayt)

* rain (rayn)

* say (say)

* great (grayt)

* tree (tree)

Let me know if you'd like to see a list of words with specific spellings of the "long A" sound.