The ‘ay' spellings, including ‘ay', ‘ai' and ‘a-e' | English

Starter quiz

Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
- say
  
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  2 ✓
- rains
  
  ⇔
  
  4 ✓
- rake
  
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  3 ✓
How many syllables in the word playing?
- 1
- 2 ✓
- 3
- 7
Choose two more spellings that can also represent the sound 'ay', like in stay.
- oa
- ai ✓
- a-e ✓
- ia
Choose the correct spelling of the word to complete this sentence. The children went outside to __________.
- plai
- play ✓
- plea
Choose two words that rhyme with the word cake.
- shake ✓
- black
- awake ✓
- cook
Match the word to its definition.
- phoneme
  
  ⇔
  
  the smallest unit of sound in a word ✓
- grapheme
  
  ⇔
  
  a letter, or group of letters, that represent a phoneme ✓
- digraph
  
  ⇔
  
  a type of grapheme where two letters represent one phoneme ✓