1. Read and tick. Choose the words with the sounds [eɪ] and [æ]: cave, cat, became, man, gave, drank, ate, animal, ran, made.

[eɪ]: cave, became, ate, made.

[æ]: cat, man, gave, drank, animal, ran.

In “gave”, the letter a is pronounced [eɪ]; in “drank”, it is pronounced [æ].