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Oral

The document explains diphthongs, which are vowel sounds consisting of two elements where the tongue, jaws, and lips change position during articulation. It details various English diphthongs, including their phonetic representations, articulation tips, and provides examples for each. Additionally, it includes playful sentences that incorporate these diphthongs.

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Oral

The document explains diphthongs, which are vowel sounds consisting of two elements where the tongue, jaws, and lips change position during articulation. It details various English diphthongs, including their phonetic representations, articulation tips, and provides examples for each. Additionally, it includes playful sentences that incorporate these diphthongs.

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DIPHTHONGS

is a vowel-sound containing two elements, during


the articulation of which the tongue, jaws and lips
change their position. In all English diphthongs the
first element is considerably stronger than the
second.
Eɪ
The first element in [ei] is produced with the jaws closer together
than for the monophthong [e]

Examples:
eight, date, gate, late, main, mate, pain, face, space, rain , case,
eight
Aɪ 
For the first element the jaws are farther apart than for the
vowel [æ]. Be sure that the second element is not [i:] as in
"bead"[bi:], but a sound between [i] as in "bid" and [e] as in
"bed" [bed]. The second element is extremely short.
Examples:
my, nine, reply, rise, climb, wine, arrive, sight, pride, kind, flight 
Ɔɪ 
For the first element the jaws are far apart and the lips
are openly rounded.
Examples:
noise, annoying, boil, enjoy, appointment, joy, employ,
toy, coil, oyster
AƱ 
For the first element see the preceding description. Be sure that
the [a] is not pronounced with a too "dark" a.

Examples:
now, foul, crown, brown, fountain, doubt,  mouth, house, brown,
cow, out 
ƏƱ 
no, coast, coat, code, holy, hope, own, road,
won’t, don’t, stones, alone, hole
ɪƏ 
the jaws should not be too close together, nor the lips too tensely
spread. During the articulation the jaws open slightly.

Examples:
beer, cheers, dear, fear, here, peer, tear, near, ear, clear, tear, beer,
fear 
EƏ 

the jaws are quite far apart and the lips are laxly spread. During
the articulation of the sound the jaws open slightly.

Examples:
bear, chairs, dare, hair, pair, tear, care, stairs
ƱƏ

tour, sure, pure, cure, during, newer, curious,


1. Eight mates ate their straight weight in bait at the fete.

2. Be sure your cure is pure.

3. Boy of troy your coy ploy was a joy.

4. Oh no, who knows about the dough, oh no, whoa there’s snow.

5. There’s hair in the air, they’re sharing a glare with the hare and the bear.

6. I spy with my little eye, a pirate saying aye, aye, aye.

7. The cow bowed now at the slow through the plough. Bow cow wow. 

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