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What is a Diphthong?
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2. What is a diphthong?
 Diphthong is a vowel sound made by
pronouning two vowels quickly one after the
other.
 Diphthongs are seen when we combine two
vowel symbols.
 For example: bake. The vowel symbol for a in the
word ‘bake’ can be represented as /ei/.
 As you can see we have combined /e/ and /i/
 This is because when pronouncing the word
bake, the a therein contains two vowels sounds.

3. Examples of diphthongs
 /ei/
 Day
 Bake
 Page
 Date
 Name
 Lazy

4. Examples of diphthongs
 /ai/
 Size
 Fine
 Sky
 Try
 Eyes

5. Examples of diphthongs
 /əʊ̯ /
 Low

6. Examples of diphthongs
 /aʊ̯ /
 Brown
 Cow
 Frown
 Wow
 Note: /aʊ̯ / starts as a short A and slides
into an oo sound. Eg frown can be
pronounced as fraun
 But /əʊ̯ / such as low, even though it is
spelt with ow, it is not pronounced au.

7. Examples of diphthongs
 /ɔɪ̯/
 Boy
 Toy
 Annoy
 Enjoy
 Ploy
 soil

8. Examples of diphthongs
 /oʊ̯ /
 Yellow
 Coat
 Float
 Toe
 Low
 Although

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