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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Long a sound changing to short a

My daughter has a list of words where the base word changes spelling causing the a to change from long to short.

volcano - volcanic

grave - gravity

native - nativity

narrate - narrative

major - majority

educate - educable

humane - humanity

she needs come up with 2 more. Can anyone think of any more?

Thanks
  

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grain - granular pale - palor cave - cavern able - ability

  • grain - granular pale - palor cave - cavern able - ability
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2 Answers
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grain - granular
pale - palor
cave - cavern
able - ability
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Two more:

urbane - urban
titanium - titanic

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