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The key answer of exercise 10

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.2 - Time well spent? for the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Rachael Roberts, Antonia Clare and JJ Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to the words in the box. Decide if the underlined letter 'a' is pronounced /æ/ or /eɪ/, and put the words in the correct column.
  2. /a/ is often pronounced /e/, when the pattern is /a/ + consonant + /eɪ/. What other spelling patterns with 'a' make the sound /eɪ/?

Answer

a)

/æ/

  • abandoned
  • album
  • chapter
  • character
  • classic
  • soundtrack
  • vampire

/eɪ/

  • based
  • danger
  • page

b)

  • 'ai' → plain, strain
  • 'ay' → play, stay

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