Pronunciation

Long A

long a

 Read left to right and go down the list:

rate mate great paste
taste snake lake break
tape ape scrape crepe
sank bank rank prank
stain drain main brain
eight straight trait grate
slave crave brave wave
safe waif wail tail
pray slay tray stray
Jane Dane Dave Jake
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