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Chapter 4: Long vowel sounds: ai and ee

  • Strand Phonics
  • Level Level 2
  • Practice 71 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: English (Level 2). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Say the long sound made by ai (rain, tail, snail) and ee (tree, bee, sheep), Find the picture for a given vowel pattern, Choose ai or ee to complete a written word, Read a word with the same long vowel as a model word.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • I can say the long sound made by ai and by ee
  • I can find the picture whose name has ai or ee inside it
  • I can choose ai or ee to complete a written word
  • I can find the word with the same long vowel as a model word

You should already know

  • Digraphs sh, ch, th and ng (Chapters 2 and 3)

Where this leads

  • Long vowel sounds oa and igh (Chapter 5)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 4.1 The long sound of ai
  2. 4.2 The long sound of ee
  3. 4.3 Choosing ai or ee in a gap
  4. 4.4 Spelling ai and ee words
  5. 4.5 The same long vowel as a model word
  6. 4.6 Mixed practice: ai and ee
  7. Summary and key words
  8. Check-up and practice test questions

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