61. Vowel Teams with gh: igh /ī/ and eigh /ā/
New Concept Words and Sentences: igh /ī/ and eigh /ā/
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high |
slight |
thigh |
weigh |
bright |
sleigh |
fright |
neigh |
- I have a large dog who weighs eighty pounds.
- Can you put the dimmer on, so these lights won’t be so bright?
New Concept Words and Sentences: Homophones
beef |
beat |
choose |
chews |
peek |
peak |
whole |
hole |
feet |
feat |
whale |
wail |
eight |
ate |
blew |
blue |
right |
write |
- You will need to relax if you expect to heal the scrape that is on your heel.
- If you’re interested in getting a new sailboat, you should check out the sale taking place at Baily’s.
- Alberta has quite a diverse landscape. We will get on a plane to go see the Alberta Plains, and then hop another plane to see Cypress Hills.
Review Words
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unsightly |
gaudy |
weighty |
barnacle |
veined |
articulate |
replying |
articulating |
receive |
remained |
cruise |
lawfully |
frightful |
illegal |
fruitful |
eject |
reject |
dejected |
What Says?
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Spelling and Sentence Dictation
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Review
Vowel Teams
igh – light – /ī/
eigh – eight – /ā/
Homophones
Two words that sound (phone) the same (homo) but have different spellings and different meanings.
Examples: ate, eight; right, write; weight, wait
Practice
- Underline the vowel team in these words
skein |
sleigh |
sleuth |
fruitful |
remained |
clause |
displaying |
avowing |
awful |
slightly |
- Circle the suffix. Circle the prefix. Underline the Latin root. Scoop the syllables.
replying |
deveined |
unsightly |
transported |
weightless |
distracted |
complaining |
interchangeable |
- Add the suffix to make these words plural.
catch________ |
nudge________ |
crash________ |
choose________ |
strain________ |
bandage________ |
whine________ |
gauge________ |
storm________ |
batch________ |
- Add the suffix for ‘happening now’.
omit________ |
slur________ |
save________ |
insure________ |
repel________ |
replace________ |
issue________ |
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- Add the suffix for ‘comparing two’.
large________ |
fit________ |
wise________ |
close________ |
warm________ |
slim________ |
hard________ |
trim________ |
late________ |
small________ |
- Match these homophones.
_____ which |
a. gate |
_____ seam |
b. whine |
_____teem |
c. made |
_____wine |
d. hear |
_____maid |
e. witch |
_____tray |
f. lie |
_____lye |
g. pray |
_____gait |
h. seem |
_____prey |
i. team |
_____here |
j. trey |