This week s spelling pattern / rule is: Common exception words with ea as /ay/ and a as /ar/ or /a/ (dialect) Rule: The short e sound spelled "ea" shows up in many frequently used words. Often these are forms of a verb which still keeps the long e . For example: break, breaker, great, steak, bear, bugbear, forebear, pear, wear, swear, tear .
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great |
I think he would make a great President.
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break |
Be careful not to break that glass.
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steak |
They serve the best steak in town.
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fast |
The river flows fast to the coast.
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last |
Did you receive my last letter?
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past |
His ancestors were hunters in the distant past.
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class |
We are studying angles in our geometry class.
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grass |
Keep of the grass.
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bath |
She had a long soak in the bath.
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path |
The path was rough and rocky.
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kind |
What kind of pizza would you like?
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last |
Did you receive my last letter?
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