There is already at least one long A in words such as:
aid, aide, braid, laid, maid, paid, raid, staid
fade, glade, jade, made, shade, spade, trade, wade
played, prayed, preyed, sprayed, stayed, surveyed, swayed, waylayed, weighed
and suede.
It has a long O (oh) sound from the OA vowel pair. It rhymes with coat and float.
stays
Yes, but it comes from the AI pair. The first A has a schwa (uh) sound.
A long vowel sound. IT rhymes with "peel".
It has a long O sound, because of the silent E. It rhymes with dome and tome.
No. The word wear rhymes with air (carat A sound). The word eight rhymes with late (long A sound).
No, "cake" has the long "a" sound - rhymes with "brake".
say
No. The word block has a short O (ah) sound. It rhymes with dock, clock, and rock.The long O (oh) sound is heard in the word bloke (rhymes with poke).
No. It has a short O (ah) sound, and rhymes with locket and pocket.
The word dice has a long I and a silent E. It rhymes with nice and twice.
Pag rhymes with tag. Li rhymes with lee. acc rhymes with notch. i has a long e sound.