AY
AY is a “tense”
sound. That means the muscles of your
mouth are tense. It may help to prolong
it and end with an EE sound. It sounds
like the name of the letter “a.”
Instructions to
make this sound: Is your tongue somewhat raised? Are the muscles of your mouth tense?
Common problems:
Using an EH sound so “pain” sounds like “pen.”
Common spellings: A
as in “acre,” AI as in “raise,” AU as in “gauge,” AY as in “day,” E as in
“cliché,” EA as in “great,” EI as in “vein,” EIGH as in “eight,” ET as in
“gourmet,” EY as in “hey”
age at age
eighty
H say
“H”
eight eight
payments in April
date able to
make a date
later will
rain later
they they may
stay anyway
Set the cake on the
left side of the table, okay?
A neighbor explained the parade was delayed.