Paying attention to the difference in spelling.

[ei] slave – slain – slay tale – tail – stay make – maid – dismay

hale – hail – hay page – pain – pay wane – wail – way

male – mail – may rage – rain – ray trade – trait - tray

pale – paid – pay bake – bait – bay plane – plain - play

sale – sail – say late – laid – lay grade – grain – gray

[כ:] saw – sauce – salt claw – clause – call paw – pause – pall

fawn – fauna – fall gawk – gaunt – gall law – launch – all

bawl – baulk – ball dawn –daub – dwarf hawk –haunt – hall

[כ:] wall – wallet swan – want wad – water

war – warn warm – ward what – watt

wash – watch warp – ward wand - wan

[כ:] talk – tall stalk – stall chalk -hall

balk - ball walk – wall halt – hall

malt - mall scald – call falter – fall

[a:] last – mast – fast – class – glass – vast – pass – ask – mask

At last our class passed the exam.

[a:] - [εƏ] part – pare car – care park – pare

spark – spare bar – bare hard – hare

shark – share scar – scare mark – mare

star – stare lard – flare far – fare

Activity 6. Read the words according to the reading rules.

§ far – fat – fare – fast – fall – fraud – fray – fame – father – fault – fraught – fawn – fax – fast – fashion – fart – fan – fair – faith – fable

§ bar – bard – bad – bare – baby – brain – bald – bark – balm – bath – bawl – bay - bat – brass – banner – blame – backtrack – baker – balk – bask

§ star – stab – stable – stain – stair – stalk – stalwart – stance – stare – staunch – stay – starve – stave – stairway – stall – stag – stake – staff

Activity 7. Read the words according to the reading rules.

a + br + e a + ng + e a + st + e

Danger – ranger – strange – angel – waste – hasty – pastry

paste – bass – chamber – hatred – patriot – patron – sacred

apricot – apron – fragrant – matrix – matron – swathe

Activity 8. Read the sentences. Mind the reading rules.

That’s the man who sat on my hat in the tram.

I asked a lad why he was always sad.

Her small naughty daughter Maul is at fault.

They glared and stared at the hare.

Paul is tall and hardball.

He looked pale and harassed.

We waited for half an hour, but nothing happened.

I like raspberry and strawberry.

It’s very rare for her to miss lawn tennis.

Bakery is a place where cakes are made.

A balmy air and warm weather gave pleasure.

Fast food is harmful.

He was brain washed into believing that he was brainless and warlike.

What a waste of money!

We watched a waterfall in August.

A small piece of paper is called a scrap.

Make sure the ladder is stable.

The staff was praised.

He had a scar on his pale face.

He passed the exams in France.

The match ended in draw.

I had a talk with a small naughty daughter of Laura.

Pat managed to catch the last train.

A passer-by heard his call for help.

High heels are back in fashion.

Activity 9. Read the similes. Which one do you like most of all? And why?

Activity 10. Read the words in bold type explaining the reading rules of

the letter “A” Read the limerick observing the reading rules.

There was a young man from Crail,

Who wanted to ride on a whale,

When he got on its back,

It gave him a crack,

With a flap on the end of its tail.

² Activity 11. Listen to the speaker and imitate the tongue twisters.