61. Vowel Teams with gh: igh /ī/ and eigh /ā/

New Concept Words and Sentences: igh /ī/ and eigh /ā/

1. I have a large dog who weighs eighty pounds.
2. Can you put the dimmer on, so these lights won’t be so bright?

New Concept Words and Sentences: Homophones

1. You will need to relax if you expect to heal the scrape that is on your heel.
2. If you’re interested in getting a new sailboat, you should check out the sale taking place at Baily’s.
3. 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

What Says?

Spelling and Sentence Dictation

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

1. Underline the vowel team in these words
   

   skein	sleigh
   sleuth	fruitful
   remained	clause
   displaying	avowing
   awful	slightly

2. Circle the suffix. Circle the prefix. Underline the Latin root. Scoop the syllables.
   

   replying	deveined
   unsightly	transported
   weightless	distracted
   complaining	interchangeable

3. Add the suffix to make these words plural.
   

   catch________	nudge________
   crash________	choose________
   strain________	bandage________
   whine________	gauge________
   storm________	batch________

4. Add the suffix for ‘happening now’.
   

   omit________	slur________
   save________	insure________
   repel________	replace________
   issue________

5. Add the suffix for ‘comparing two’.
   

   large________	fit________
   wise________	close________
   warm________	slim________
   hard________	trim________
   late________	small________

6. 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