1 PHONICS - ai , ay Name:_________________________ Date:_______

Hi there ! Today we are going to look at the ai

sound, like in rain.
Did you know that ay can also make that
sound ? Like in the word stay.
You usually find ai in the middle of a word and
ay at the end of a word.

Write the words in the correct box

Word list ai ay
rain
day
stay
train
pain
play
say
paid
way
afraid
lay
nail

Choose two words from each box and write a sentence for each.

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2 PHONICS - ai , ay Name:_________________________ Date:_______

Can you write ai or ay in the

spaces to make words ?

r____n st _____ tr_____n pl_____

l_____ p_____ n p_____ d s_____

afr_____ d n_____ l w_____ d_____

rain rhymes with ________ and ________

stay rhymes with __________ and _________

Can you think of words that rhyme with :

paid __________ __________

nail __________ __________

play __________ __________

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3 PHONICS - ai , ay Name:_________________________ Date:_______

Here are some more ai and ay words but

they are a little bit trickier so watch out !

Write the words in the correct box

Word list ai ay
stay
away
paint
today
wait
trail
hay
Monday
pray
rail
again
brain

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4 PHONICS - ai , ay Name:_________________________ Date:_______

All the days of the week

end in ay .

Unjumble these days of the week:

deWaydnes _____________________

aSayurtd _______________________

Now write them in the correct order:

ayMnod _______________________
_ M_________________________________
Saydun _______________________
_____________________________________

dursayTh ______________________
_____________________________________

uesTayd _______________________ _____________________________________

_____________________________________
iayFdr ________________________

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

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5 PHONICS - ai , ay Name:_________________________ Date:_______

Put a circle around all the ai and

ay words I found 20 , how many
did you find ???
You could write the story in your
book, make all the ai words red
and the ay words green.

Today was Monday, the first day of the holiday. It rained so

hard that Hayley and Daisy could not go out to play. The girls

waited to see if the rain would stop. The rain stopped for five

minutes then it started again.

“ Let’s play with my brother’s train,” suggested Daisy.

“ I say, that’s a good idea ,” agreed Hayley.

The girls found the toy train that belonged to Daisy’s brother

Hayden. It was painted red . They plugged it in but it did not

work. “ What a pain !” sighed Hayley.

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