Lesson
Six: ai
This
sample teaches the phonic "ai" as in
rain in 175 words.
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Rule:
"When
two vowels are walking, the first one does the
talking." The rule means that when the "a"
and the "i" are walking, the
"a" does the talking, and the
"i" is silent. Notice that the
phonic "ai" as in rain,
sounds just like the name of the letter "A."
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Read
these words aloud slowly:
rain,
main, remain, domain, train,
drain, grain, ingrain, refrain,
strain, restrain, restraints, trainer,
trainee, arraign, brain, brainpower,
brainstorm, brainwash, brainwave,
brainless, pain, painful, painless,
painstaking, campaign, Champaign,
gain, regain, vain, vainglory,
chain, lain, slain, plain,
explain, complain, complaint, Loraine,
Elaine, cocaine, stain, obtain,
pertain, maintain, retain,
attain, attaint, entertain, contain,
sustain, ordain, dainty, twain,
detain, distain, plantain, appertain,
constrained, constraints, tainted,
straining, dainty, paint, faint,
saint, gainsay, acquaint, acquainted,
acquaintance, Spain
mail,
mailman, e-mail, nail, snail,
pail, ail, jail, hail, tail,
retail, detail, entail, cocktail,
curtail, trail, trailer, rail,
railroad, derail, frail, sail,
assail, assailant, quail, fail,
failed, failing, failure, daily,
Baily, bail, bailiff, avail,
travail, prevail, available, wail,
bewail, Gail
aid,
aide, raid, braid, afraid,
upbraid, paid, maid, laid,
inlaid, aim, claim, reclaim,
acclaim, disclaimer, maim, wait,
bait, straight, straightforward,
strait, trait, portrait, traitor,
gait, faithful, wraith, raise,
braise, praise, appraise, liaison,
raison, Daisy, baize
These
words contain the "ai" phonic but they don’t
sound like the name of the letter "A":
Britain,
captain, mountain, fountain, curtain,
bargain, villain, villainy, again,
against, said, renaissance
The
r that follows "ai" changes the sound of "ai"
in these words:
air,
hair, fair, fairy, fairly,
affair, fairy, pair, repair,
impair, despair, chair, stair,
upstairs, downstairs, millionaire,
prairie, dairy
The
"ai" Words in a Story About Elaine
Read
ALOUD to record the sound of the "ai"
phonic in your memory. Read SLOWLY and focus your eyes
on the "ai" to print the picture of
the "ai" in your memory. Relax and
don’t force memorization. You will remember the
spellings of thee ‘ai" words by associating
them with Elaine:
Keyword:
Elaine
Elaine’s
name contains the "ai" phonic.
Elaine knows the man on Main Street. Elaine
ran in the rain. Elaine loves rain.
Elaine’s reasons for loving the rain
are simple and plain.
Elaine
isn’t a plain person. Elaine has
a powerful brain. Elaine isn’t vain
about her powerful brain. Elaine needs
to entertain her brain. Elaine
maintains her dignity. Elaine knows
that the "a" in "rain"
sounds like the name of the letter "A"
and that the "a" in "ran"
doesn’t sound like the name of the letter "A."
Elaine
is against cocaine. Elaine has
a chronic back pain. Elaine doesn’t
want to obtain pain pills. Elaine
remains happy in spite of her pain. Elaine
sustains her health by eating grain. Elaine
keeps regaining her strength. Elaine maintains
her shape. Elaine’s acquaintances
are hikers.
Elaine
used to be an entertainer. Elaine is being
trained to drive a train. Elaine
has a trainer, and she is the trainee.
Elaine
doesn’t bargain when shopping. Elaine
saw a stain on the skirt she bought. Elaine
also bought a golden chain from Spain.
Elaine drains her vegetables in a strainer.
Elaine may faint if she smells paint.
Elaine
went to Britain and saw a fountain. Elaine
met with the captain in Britain. Elaine
opened a curtain and saw a mountain.
Elaine
usually doesn’t like to complain. Elaine
has a main complaint. Elaine’s
complaint pertains to cocaine.
Elaine saw a slain man. Elaine
saw a man being arraigned in court for the crime.
Elaine has to become acquainted with legal
matters.
Make
Elaine your keyword for remembering the rest
of these "ai" words:
Elaine
will explain her love for rain. Elaine’s
reasons for loving the rain are simple and plain.
Elaine gains energy after the rain.
Elaine has less pain with the rain.
Elaine’s hair shines
with rain. Elaine’s fingernails
glow with rain.
Elaine’s
brain works best in the rain. Elaine’s
grain grows taller with rain. Elaine’s
raisins are dampened with rain. Elaine’s
yard is washed with rain. Elaine’s
daisies are heavy with raindrops.
Elaine’s
pair of quail sings with
every rainfall. Elaine’s snails
come out in the rain. Elaine’s fountain
is filled by rainwater. Elaine’s
pail is filled with rain and hail.
Elaine’s pail is filled with snails
and bait. Elaine’s roof has a drain
for the off rain. Elaine’s upstairs
deck is soaked with rain. Elaine’s
chair may need repair
after rain or hail. Elaine’s
newly painted house is stained by rain.
Elaine’s
trailer is damaged by rain. Elaine’s
sailboat is rained on. Elaine sailed
through the straits after the rain. Elaine’s
train was derailed by the rain.
Elaine’s
mountain trails are flooded by rain.
Elaine’s trainer is absent when it
rains. Elaine’s
trainee stood by the railroad tracks.
Elaine’s mail is delayed by rain.
Elaine’s water fees are waived when
it rains.
Elaine’s
maid asks for aid when it rains.
Elaine’s other aide said that
she wants to be aided. Elaine’s hair
was braided by her aide.
Read
about Elaine and her brain being against cocaine:
Elaine
maintains brainpower without cocaine.
Elaine enjoys having a powerful brain.
Elaine refrains from using drugs. Elaine
wants to retain an alert brain. Elaine
isn’t vain. Elaine is straightforward
about things that affect the brain.
Elaine
claims that cocaine damages the brain.
Elaine explains how cocaine harms
the brain. Elaine saw a chain of
events pertaining to cocaine. Elaine’s
reasons for being against cocaine are
simple and plain.
Elaine
has acquaintances who have used cocaine.
Elaine sees her acquaintances growing
frail. Elaine has a friend who is afraid
to face reality. Elaine saw her friend grow faint.
Elaine’s acquaintances spend their
lifetimes repairing the damages
done by cocaine. Elaine sees lives turn
from success to failure by cocaine.
Elaine
has failed many times. Elaine’s failing
is repairable because she has a
powerful brain. Elaine complains
of the availability of cocaine. Elaine
raises the issue of eliminating cocaine.
Elaine says, "It is not fair
to impair a brain with drugs."
Elaine
is against cocaine, not the people who
use it. Elaine isn’t a traitor to
her friends, Baily and Daisy. Elaine
saw how cocaine has harmed her friends’
brains. Elaine doesn’t use cocaine,
but is involved with people who do.
Elaine’s
neighbors’ house was raided for cocaine.
Elaine aided her neighbors’ children
during their parents’ arraignments. Elaine
also paid her neighbors a visit in jail.
Elaine asked the bailiff to bail
them out of jail.
Elaine
asks, "Why can’t we eliminate cocaine?"
Elaine sees cocaine as a chain
that impairs the brain.
Elaine praises and acclaims those
who speak out against cocaine.
Elaine’s
main domain is her powerful brain.
Elaine keeps training her brain
to stay alert. Elaine’s brain contains
lore. Elaine’s friends don’t have a
complaint about Elaine. Elaine
remains happy with a brain free of cocaine.
Elaine
aims to continue to complain about the
availability of cocaine. Elaine
regains her love for the world from rain.
Note:
Only certain vowels walk together like the "a"
and the "i" do in rain. A few
other vowels that walk together are "ea"
as in meat, "ie" as in tie,
"oa" as in boat, and "ue"
as in continue.
Summary
The above "ai" phonic is only one of
the 11 phonics made by the vowel "a."
The vowel "a" has four sounds
and is spelled in 11 ways (11 phonics). The rest
of the 11 phonics of the vowel "a"
are available in 1500 words in the book of phonics,
"Learn to Spell 500 Words a Day, Book 1 by
Camilia Sadik."
In
the book, however, every word is divided into syllables
and every silent letter is in italic type. The total
number of phonics made by the five vowels and a few
of the consonants is approximately 90 phonics used in
approximately 9000 words in a way similar to the way
illustrated in the above "ai" example.
The book also features a comparison between words like
maid and made, as in, "The maid
made the bed." And the logical explanation
is that when tow words sound the same, verbs are usually
spelled with "ai" (sail) and
nouns are spelled with "a-e" (sale).
There is also a comparison between the long and the
short "a," in sentences as in, "I
don’t hate my hat." In short,
the book has an answer and an explanation to every question
that any student my ever ask.
The
system relies heavily on reading aloud, reading slowly,
and giving a logical explanation as to why any group
of words is spelled in a specific way. It is too late
for older children and adults to memorize the spelling
of words without first understanding why one sound can
be spelled in so many different ways. There turns out
to be logical explanations as to why the single sound
of the long "e," for instance, is spelled
in ten ways. The long sound of "e"
is spelled in ten ways as in meet, meat,
compete, elite, receive, believe,
spaghetti, me, lucky, and monkey.
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