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Phonetics Diphthongs Practice

The document discusses English diphthongs - combinations of two vowel sounds pronounced together like "play" and "cold". It lists the 8 main diphthongs in English and provides examples of words containing each one. It then presents exercises for learners to practice identifying diphthongs in words and matching words containing the same diphthong sound.

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Phonetics Diphthongs Practice

The document discusses English diphthongs - combinations of two vowel sounds pronounced together like "play" and "cold". It lists the 8 main diphthongs in English and provides examples of words containing each one. It then presents exercises for learners to practice identifying diphthongs in words and matching words containing the same diphthong sound.

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English Diphthongs

A diphthong is a combination of two vowel sounds pronounced together, for


example, /eɪ/ as in play /pleɪ/ and /əʊ/ as in cold /kəʊld/.
The first vowel sound is always longer than the second. There are eight diphthongs
in English, but one of them is hardly ever used. Many native speakers use /ɔ:/
instead of /ʊə/. For example, poor is usually pronounced /pɔ:/instead of /pʊə/.

Here you have the 8 English diphthongs and two examples of each so that you
can recognize and remember how they sound:

/ ɪə / real, clear / əʊ / coat , zero


/ eɪ / say , table / eə / where , bear
/ ʊə / tour , cure / aɪ / five , ride
/ ɔɪ / boy , noise / aʊ / how , sound

1 .Track 60 Listen and write the example word for each diphthong. Then listen again and repeat.

1 /eɪ/ 5 /eə/
2 /aɪ/ 6 /ʊə/
3 /ɔɪ/ 7 /əʊ/
4 /ɪə/ 8 /aʊ/

2. Read words 1–7 aloud and write the correct diphthong for each word. Then match words 1–7 to
a rhyming word a–g.

1/ / crowd a grey
2/ / phone b hair
3/ / try c here
4/ / day d high
5/ / noise e loud
6/ / wear f shown
7/ / year g toys

3. Track 61 Listen and check your answers to exercise 2.Then listen again and repeat.

4. Track 62 Complete the sentences with a rhyming pair of words in exercise 2. Then listen and
check.
1 The child had …………………some that made a lot of ……………………
2 It was a cloudy…………… , and the sky was ……………….
3 My grandparents have…………….. that they hate their new ………………….
4 The boys wanted to……………………… to jump very ……………….
5 There was a big ,………………. so the party was ……………………
6 It’s been a…………………… since we moved……………….
7 I’ll do my………………….. and find something nice to ……………………
4. Track 77 . Listen and choose the diphthong that matches the sound of the underlined letters.

1 overweight /eɪ/ /aɪ/


2 emotional /aʊ/ /əʊ/
3 here /ɪə/ /eə/
4 noisy /ɔɪ/ /əʊ/
5 blonde-haired /ɪə/ /eə/
6 foreground /aʊ/ /əʊ/
7 stylish /eɪ/ /aɪ/
8 tour /əʊ/ /ʊə/

Now read and pronounce carefully the following words and classify them according
to the diphthong they contain.

flow , beer , there , my , wait , noise , jury , cloud , taste , nearly , where , client ,
radio , during , employ , height , doubt , flour , take , high , brown , window , ghost ,
bold , severe , scary , hotel , poor , usually , range , deny , about , only , lawyer ,
cow , medium , oyster , coin , tour , deny, chair , crowd , towel , visual , trainers.

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