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The Long A sound is a long vowel sound. Long vowel sounds are vowel sounds pronounced the same as the name of the letter. Each vowel has a long vowel sound (Long A, Long E, Long I, Long O, Long U).

Watch this video to review all long vowel sounds.

In English, long vowel sounds are usually the easiest vowel sounds to learn.

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Common long A spellings

There are four common ways to spell the long A sound:

1. a / consonant / e

In root words, when you have this pattern

vowel / consonant / e

the vowel is a long vowel sound, and the final "e" is silent.

Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold):

1) bake

2) rate

3) late

4) ate

5) cake

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6) trade

7) made

8) date

9) name

10) grade

2. ai

Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold):

1) wait

2) pain

3) drain

4) tail

5) stain

6) pail

7) nail

8) snail

9) rain

10) jail

3. ay

Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold):

1) way

2) say

3) may

4) day

5) lay

6) ray

7) Monday

8) play

9) stay

10) away

4. eigh

Say these words out loud (the long A sound is bold):

1) eight

2) weight

3) neighbor

4) freight

5) eighteen

6) sleigh

7) eighty

8) neighborhood

There are a few other less common spellings of the long A sound. Here are some more long A words. (The long A sounds are in bold.)

1) rein

2) angel

3) Asia

4) apron

5) apricot

6) April

7) radio

8) patient

9) lazy

10) fatal

Now say these sentences out loud (the long A sounds are bold):

1) Stay away from the crazy neighbor!

2) I may travel to Asia in the month of April.

3) She ate eighteen grapes today.

4) Yesterday, I waited in the rain.

5) Did you say you had a date tonight?

7) Nick baked a cake for Thursday.

8) I listen to the radio on my way home from work each day.

9) I am afraid of pain.

10) Please put your name at the top of the paper.

Have you finished them all? Great job! 

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LOOK / How long will Germany endure Polish slaps :: In the world

Not a week goes by without Warsaw being rude to Berlin. Then one Polish minister will say that the FRG is “itself to blame” for the Ukrainian conflict, because it “has been strengthening the strength” of Russia for years. The other blames for the slowness in the delivery of "Leopards" to Kyiv. The third will remind you that Poland is still waiting for reparations for Hitler's crimes. The question arises: when will the Germans run out of patience and will they respond to Polish rudeness?

Poland's Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak, on the Polsat channel, blamed Germany for the conflict that broke out a year ago around Ukraine. According to him, the German authorities have supported President Vladimir Putin for years. “There is no doubt that “they built the strength of Russia”, which eventually allowed her to launch a special operation, Blashak was indignant, who was quoted by Gazeta.ru.

At the end of January, Blaszczak's colleague, Minister for European Affairs Szymon Szynkowski vel Senk, stressed that Warsaw still intends to seek reparations from the FRG for damage from World War II, even if it takes the life of several generations. Answering the question of the Zet radio station whether Berlin would give in on the issue of paying reparations, as happened with the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Shinkovsky answered succinctly and figuratively: “Yes, they will crack, like with Leopards. ”

Shinkovsky's remark was the second, but not the last reproach. A little earlier, in the days when Chancellor Olaf Scholz still doubted whether to send tanks to Ukraine, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Arkadiusz Mulyarchik threatened: “It should be understood that Germany, not agreeing to send tanks to Ukraine, finds itself in international isolation. If they continue to adhere to this position, then their position will be extremely weak ”(quote from RIA Novosti). As the deputy minister explained, "a big game is being played, concerning not only victory in Ukraine, but also American influence in Europe." “The Germans and the French understand this well,” Mulyarchik added thoughtfully.

Former member of the Sejm, political scientist Mateusz Piskorski confirms the words of the Deputy Minister: there is a struggle for US influence on the continent.

“There is an unannounced clash between continental Europe and the United States – and it has become especially aggravated in recent days

in connection with the facts discovered by journalist Seymour Hersh about the terrorist attack on the Nord Stream. In this conflict, Poland is in the American camp,” explains the former parliamentarian.

Moreover, such ministers as Blaschak, Shinkovsky and their colleagues do not actually speak in their own voice, notes Piskorsky. “This is the voice of Washington. With the help of the aggressive rhetoric of the Warsaw puppets, Washington is trying to influence the behavior of Berlin. American politicians cannot afford such straightforward statements, therefore, Polish politicians are used as a propaganda weapon,” he complained.

“And Warsaw often uses completely undiplomatic, rude language. Apparently, the lack of professional staff is affecting. On the whole, our level of diplomatic training is quite low. Let me remind you that this week Mulyarchyk’s immediate supervisor, Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau proudly reported that his department got rid of the last MGIMO graduates,” Piskorsky said.

In the meantime, all Polish claims are ignored in Berlin, with the exception of one - the one related to historical guilt for the crimes of the Nazis.

“A number of Polish politicians continue to voice claims against Berlin - I would say completely out of nowhere - about paying an astronomical amount of reparations following the results of the Second World War. In response, the German side recalls that from a legal point of view, the issue between the two states has long been settled and closed. It makes no sense to open a discussion, ”says Eugen Schmidt, a Bundestag deputy elected from the Alternative for Germany party, to the VZGLYAD newspaper.

“There is some bargaining going on. What is behind this trade? There are two options. Or one of the political forces just wants to earn popularity within Poland. Or this is such an attempt to put pressure on Germany so that our country fully complies with the requirements of the Euro-Atlantic structures in Ukraine. Relatively speaking: either send heavy weapons to the conflict zone and a financial package of multibillion-dollar assistance to Kyiv, or pay the Poles 1.3 trillion dollars. Such blackmail,” explains the German parliamentarian.

“I personally tend to the second option - that all this is connected with the desire to keep Berlin's foreign policy in check. It seems to me that Euro-Atlantic structures represented by the United States or the leadership of the NATO bloc are hiding behind Warsaw, ”adds Schmidt.

Piskorski, in turn, remarks that Berlin behaves emphatically correctly in dealing with Warsaw. “In early January, the German government expressed itself clearly and simply: the question of reparations from a legal point of view was resolved at the beginning of 1950s. Putting him back on the agenda is a utopia. Apart from this statement, Berlin did not enter into a skirmish with Warsaw at all, ”he said.

The Polish expert expects the Germans to be patient for a long time. “Berlin is unlikely to enter into a skirmish with Warsaw, for financial reasons. It is more profitable for him to continue investment activity in Poland. As you know, Poland is almost completely dependent on Germany in economic terms. It is part of the economic space of Germany. And German business is pragmatic. Therefore, in Berlin, most likely, for the time being, attacks addressed to them will pass by their ears. In addition, the general level of German diplomacy is on a different level. Please note that German politicians, with rare exceptions, do not allow themselves to be rude to another country,” Piskorsky emphasized.

Nevertheless, the conflict between "old Europe" and the Anglo-Saxons will inevitably come to a climax, he is sure. “Sooner or later we should expect a break in the so-called Euro-Atlantic community. And in the new alignment of forces, Poland, unfortunately, will be close to the Anglo-Saxons,” the former deputy of the Seimas predicts.

“In principle, Berlin has the tools to rein in Warsaw right now, to force it to curb its appetites. After all, Germany remains the main donor to the EU fund, and Poland, on the contrary, the main recipient, - reminds Schmidt. “However, neither in the press nor in political circles are there any attacks against Warsaw. There is no wide discussion about this. We kind of simply brushed aside the demands for reparations. Shrugged: we don't owe you anything, goodbye!

But in the end, relations between Berlin and Warsaw cannot be called cloudless, they remain strained, the Bundestag deputy believes. “It is worth recalling that in recent decades Poland has more than once played the role of an outpost of Euro-Atlantic structures within the European Union. It is possible that she sees herself as the future new leader of Europe, who has achieved such a status thanks to the support of the United States and Great Britain,” Schmidt sums up.

According to public opinion polls, 66% of Poles are sure that Berlin should (43%) or “rather should” (23%) pay, the VZGLYAD newspaper reported earlier. The problem is that as many as 75% of Germans do not agree with this: 51% say that Germany should not owe the Poles, and 24% “probably should not”. Only 4% of German citizens definitely agree to pay something to Poland, another 10% rather agree.

As Timofei Bordachev, program director of the Valdai Club, wrote in his column, relations between Warsaw and Berlin have been sparking for a long time.

“Immediately after joining NATO and the European Union, the Poles began to show unwillingness to obey the instructions of the European giants represented by Germany and France.

An impressive episode was Warsaw’s participation in the US aggression against Iraq in 2003, against which Berlin and Paris then came out in solidarity,” Bordachev recalled and added: over the past 20 years, the Polish authorities have constantly created problems for the Germans and interfered with the stabilization of Europe around its economic core.

On Thursday, the White House confirmed that President Joe Biden will visit Poland next week for an extended three-day visit. During the visit, scheduled for February 20-22, Biden will meet with his colleague Andrzej Duda and the leaders of the Bucharest Nine countries, which, in addition to Poland itself, includes Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Estonia. But Biden does not plan to visit "neighboring countries" after this visit, the White House assured.

By the way, on the day when this announcement was made in Washington, Andrzej Duda himself - apparently by coincidence - paid a visit to London, another Anglo-Saxon capital. The guest was received on Downing Street by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. According to Sunak, he is committed to ensuring European security, an example of which was the extension of the deployment of British Sky Saber air defense systems on Polish territory, TASS reported. Both leaders also said that "the United Kingdom and Poland are completely unanimous on the issue of providing assistance to Ukraine."

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