Handwriting Word List: Rulebreakers: when -ain and -ate don't spell the long /a/ sound

Handwriting worksheets: Rulebreakers: when -ain and -ate don't spell the long /a/ sound

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Many -ain and -ate words do not have a long /a/ sound. Instead the vowel sound is a weak schwa. Here are a few examples.

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